lectern
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Football coaches loathe looking backward, especially during the season, but before leaving the lectern, McVay made an exception in humorously referring to his team’s ultra-brief stay in Australia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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
Standing at the lectern outside his front door, he said: "Walking up this street two years ago was the proudest moment of my life."
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Poised behind a lectern, in a silver silk top and matching trousers, Kirk explained that feminism teaches women to “reject the very things that make womanhood unique.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He smiled to himself as he stepped away from the lectern and the clatter of silverware on china rang out around the room.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
Harris and Trump, who will stand behind lecterns, are not allowed to bring props or prewritten notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
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
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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