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[luh-pel] / ləˈpɛl /








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As he’s spoken to audiences of government officials, diplomats, academics and journalists, Dans — who wears his Arctic commission lapel pin and exudes a professorial air — has also waded into foreign policy.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Iran players arrived in Tijuana on Sunday wearing gold-colored lapel pins on their jackets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Massie is a throwback libertarian who, in lieu of the standard lawmaker flag pin, wears on his lapel a national debt clock that he programmed himself.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

He wore a three-piece suit with a carnation on his lapel, and looked around at the company confidently, as if at friends.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

When he won the Fields Medal last week, Jacob Tsimerman accepted the most prestigious honor in math wearing a powder-blue tuxedo with satin lapels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

He became a fixture on television news, wearing either military style tactical gear or a long, double-breasted green overcoat with wide lapels that critics said was meant to echo Nazi German military garb.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

Before the Grammy ceremony started, the topic was on the lips – and lapels – of many on the red carpet.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

For each decade, extract the essential silhouette and then distinguish the characters with collars, colors, lapels, fabrics and the occasional really great sweater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

Sheriff Elwell smiled and held his lapels open so that Turner could see his pistol.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt


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