lapel
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In portraits in homes and classrooms, in photographs on the front page of the country’s main party newspaper, on lapel badges pinned over citizens’ hearts, Kim’s image became synonymous with the state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Angry, the 60-year-old cannot come to terms with the loss of her daughter Annalee, a little blonde girl in a cowboy hat whose smile lights up the pin attached to the lapel of her jacket.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Someone knelt down and clipped a microphone to her lapel, a few inches from the crucifix that dangled from her neck.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025
Allen wore a classic tuxedo with what appears to be a white flower pinned to his lapel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2025
He wore a deep red Marvellian mantle, the black lapel covered in all sorts of mastery pins that Ella couldn't wait to ask him questions about.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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