lectern
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By now, both men have teams of prestigious lawyers who will represent them at the Supreme Court lectern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Vance is due to appear behind the lectern on Thursday afternoon to deliver the first White House press briefing since the departure of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Asked about the lawsuit during questioning, Turner said, “We’re working on that right now,” then shifted to a brown lunch bag pulled from the lectern from which he extracted several items.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Tobias Gough’s duty was simple: wheel out the heavy, bespoke wooden lectern and test the mic whenever a premier was about to resign or make their first speech to the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
When it came time for the candidates’ speeches, I stood behind the lectern and let the paper cascade off the stage onto the floor.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
The two leaders gave opening remarks from lecterns on opposite sides of the stage.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2023
There are lecterns on each level connected by a staircase with ornate details which were all crafted by hand.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022
The set for this Cambridge University institution is minimal — two tables, two chairs, two tabletop lecterns.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
But at the U.N., prestige came from standing at lecterns — giving grants and giving orders.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2022
We do not know anything about the primitive fittings, but, having regard to the fact that the spaces between the windows are barely two feet wide, it is probable that they were lecterns.
From The Care of Books by John Willis Clark
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