lectern
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Jen Psaki, landed her own program on MS NOW in 2023 after two years behind the briefing room lectern for President Biden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped to a lectern last month and evinced no doubt that her office would prove that a former Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Frank Lopez, the city manager’s brother, said from the lectern during the public-comment period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Every day, the first minutes of class would be filled by harsh salvos of criticism aimed at Mr. Loring’s round, assailable figure leaning against his lectern.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
The studio director cut to a wide shot revealing six empty lecterns.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
The set for this Cambridge University institution is minimal — two tables, two chairs, two tabletop lecterns.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
In the middle ages it was costly, fine, and beautiful, used for church vestments, veils for covering lecterns, cathedral flags, and in the 16th century for the lining of velvet gowns.
From Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson
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