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lei

[ley, ley-ee] / leɪ, ˈleɪ i /




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Mayor Rex Richardson, wearing a rainbow lei and holding a Pride flag, marched down the street with gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra as Bad Bunny’s “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” rang out.

From Los Angeles Times May 17, 2026

If you don’t splurge on an airport lei greeting, pick one up at a local Target.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Since the crisis erupted, the interest rates at which Romania borrows have risen, and the lei currency has depreciated against the euro, which reached an all-time high of 5.21 Romanian lei on Tuesday.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

In return he promised monthly top-up payments of 5,000 Moldovan lei to pensioners, or about £200.

From BBC Oct. 19, 2024

Wearing the traditional crisp white barong shirt and often sporting a lei of flowers, he looked fit and handsome and was always smiling.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

One delegate from Hawaii accessorized his kaffiyeh with colorful floral leis.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2024

The family ran four stores that catered to tourists, selling aloha shirts and muumuus along with leis that Vierra’s husband, Mike Vierra, would make from plumeria blossoms he picked in their yard.

From Seattle Times Sep. 26, 2023

But, by Buffett's 2007 "Bama Breeze" tour, I was ready to hang with the adults, draped in fake leis and ready to sing, clap and dance along with my parents and the other Parrot Heads.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2023

But his legions of fans, called “Parrotheads,” regularly turned up for his concerts wearing toy parrots, cheeseburgers, sharks and flamingos on their heads, leis around their necks and loud Hawaiian shirts.

From Washington Times Sep. 2, 2023

We all wear Hawaiian shirts and leis over our costumes, and the banner I painted says Sari-Sari Store in bright blue, yellow, and red letters, the colors of the Philippine flag.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio




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