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lapel

[luh-pel] / ləˈpɛl /








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“I’ve had enough,” he said, removing the microphone from his lapel and tossing it to the floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 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

Max straightened the lapel of his mother’s old coat.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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