lapel
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Iran players arrived in Tijuana on Sunday wearing gold-colored lapel pins on their jackets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
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
It clung to his lapel, staring round-eyed at Lyra.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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
Other Guardsmen wore their sympathies on their sleeves and lapels: pro-striker buttons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Show host Jo Koy, Christian Friedel, Matty Matheson, Daniel Pemberton and Justin Hartley all went wide on the lapels of their tuxedos.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
“Aha!” she said, drawing out an old black coat with braid around the lapels.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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