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If you don’t splurge on an airport lei greeting, pick one up at a local Target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Since the crisis erupted, the interest rates at which Romania borrows have risen, and the lei currency has depreciated against the euro, which reached an all-time high of 5.21 Romanian lei on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

He added a bookshelf, filling it with items, such as Daniel’s boyhood rock collection and a lei from their trip to Maui.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025

In return he promised monthly top-up payments of 5,000 Moldovan lei to pensioners, or about £200.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024

I wave to prove to her that I’m nice and friendly, the sort of person you might want to give a free lei to.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

She cried afterward, as her family draped her in leis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Nearly midway into the third quarter, it looked like the highlight of Foster’s day might be walking off the team bus with a collection of colorful leis draped around his neck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024

One delegate from Hawaii accessorized his kaffiyeh with colorful floral leis.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2024

The family ran four stores that catered to tourists, selling aloha shirts and muumuus along with leis that Vierra’s husband, Mike Vierra, would make from plumeria blossoms he picked in their yard.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023

“You know, leis were traditionally given only to royalty,” I say, quoting from my guidebook.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon