lectern
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As the crowd shouts encouragement, Tonya takes to the lectern.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Jen Psaki, landed her own program on MS NOW in 2023 after two years behind the briefing room lectern for President Biden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Tobias Gough’s duty was simple: wheel out the heavy, bespoke wooden lectern and test the mic whenever a premier was about to resign or make their first speech to the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
But perhaps conscious that "lectern moments" have become a symbol of the UK's political instability in recent years, Burnham broke with recent tradition and made the address without notes or a podium.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
It had a lectern in the middle and a piano in the right-hand corner.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
Barabak: Starting out, the candidates behind their lecterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The two leaders gave opening remarks from lecterns on opposite sides of the stage.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2023
The custom blue and wood-paneled lectern was bought using a state credit card in June for $19,029.25, significantly higher than prices listed online for other lecterns.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
Those aren't ideas parties like to put on the front of leaflets, lecterns or Facebook ads.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023
These lecterns are of oak, 6 feet 7 inches long, and 7 feet high, measured to the top of the ornamental finial.
From The Care of Books by John Willis Clark
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