lapel
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Gautam Tamboliya, a 21-year-old student from India’s Haryana state, carried India’s national flag and wore a lapel pin with an image of a cockroach on it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 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
With Trump’s planned attendance Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, some reporters have said they’ll wear pocket handkerchiefs or lapel pins prominently displaying the words of the First Amendment.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
She now wore a bright red pantsuit, union pins on her lapel.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The mayor showed up that evening on the steps of St. Joseph’s, red carnation pinned to his lapel, only hours after a severe thunderstorm had pelted the area with hail.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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