lectern
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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh shook things up when he stepped up the lectern at the Eccles Building on June 17 for his first press conference as head of the central bank.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
In an emotional resignation speech, delivered at a lectern outside his Downing Street front door, he said his party had asked "whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election".
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Poised behind a lectern, in a silver silk top and matching trousers, Kirk explained that feminism teaches women to “reject the very things that make womanhood unique.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
So when Torres took the lectern in Garden Grove, he wasn’t just there as an elected official.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Billy stopped skating, found himself at a lectern in a Chinese restaurant in Ilium, New York, on an early afternoon in the autumn of 1957.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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