mover and shaker
Example Sentences
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"So he was a real mover and shaker of the movement".
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Marjorie Pitter King was “a mover and shaker all of her life.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2022
The special “Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain” profiles the corporate executive, civil-rights activist and political mover and shaker.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2020
Huffman and Raskin are trying to turn their two-year-old affiliate group into more of a mover and shaker.
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2020
All eyes are on an agent: a protagonist, a mover and shaker, a driving force.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
