Sentence examples for untouchable figure from inspiring English sources

Mr. Sanader was once one of the most powerful men in Croatia, a seemingly untouchable figure.

Mike Spies recently profiled Hammer for The New Yorker, and he joins the staff writer Evan Osnos to discuss how she became an untouchable figure in Florida, writing laws and giving orders at the highest levels of government.

Nevertheless, CICIG had been fully operational for barely a year when Rosenberg was killed, and the case threatened some of the country's most untouchable figures.

For the new Lebanese government, the detention of such powerful and previously untouchable figures held out the promise of a new era of accountability.

The decision by the new government, led by President Macky Sall, to prosecute Mr. Thioune is viewed by analysts as a healthy sign that it may pursue previously untouchable figures.

It's a shame the book was finished before this summer's match-fixing scandal broke: not only is it the biggest such storm that calcio has ever witnessed but, with many untouchable figures already fallen, it threatens to change the entire look of Italy's top division.

However, the latest string of high-profile emigrants suggests the Kremlin may be turning the screws on previously untouchable figures.

His death not only elevated the call for a Sikh homeland, but also made him an untouchable martyr figure despite his hardline stances.

"I got my billions up," he rapped, setting off into a gloriously profane verse — "All I touch is J. Lo's" is one of the few printable boasts — that closes with a seemingly untouchable sales figure that's a relic of better times: 80 million records sold.

But his supporters applauded him for taking on previously untouchable establishment figures, who saw themselves as guardians of the state created by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

As the economy went into a tailspin and a huge corruption scandal took down once-untouchable political figures, Ms. Rousseff was abandoned by many of her allies, giving momentum to an impeachment initiative conceived by her rivals.