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lei

[lay, lay-ee] / leɪ, ˈleɪ i /




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Mayor Rex Richardson, wearing a rainbow lei and holding a Pride flag, marched down the street with gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra as Bad Bunny’s “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” rang out.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024

I finger the strand, feeling as if the lei has transferred some of its beauty to me.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

I still remember our trip well, that crispy ahi with pineapple salsa, the rainbows in Kauai and the sweet smell of the orchids and plumeria of the leis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

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

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2024

But, by Buffett's 2007 "Bama Breeze" tour, I was ready to hang with the adults, draped in fake leis and ready to sing, clap and dance along with my parents and the other Parrot Heads.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2023

Then that smell of jet fuel, that smell that welcomed me before, and leis and the scratchy blanket wrapped twice around me, and why does the window seat matter when the shades are drawn closed?

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon




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