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lapel

[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

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

Angry, the 60-year-old cannot come to terms with the loss of her daughter Annalee, a little blonde girl in a cowboy hat whose smile lights up the pin attached to the lapel of her jacket.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

They wore matching dark suits and each of them had a little flower in his lapel.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

“That means notch lapels, button cuffs and pants with belt loops, as opposed to peak lapels, French cuffs and side adjusters.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

There is evidence of this methodology in practice at Worthing High School, including photographs of students listing their latest achievements and blazer lapels full of badges.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

People lined the streets of downtown Los Angeles, chanting and cheering for the strikers, many of whom wore American flag lapels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025

The cloth is uncut velvet in a deep burgundy, with ivory velvet at the lapels, shoulders, and waistcoat.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black


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