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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

He gathers my hair into his hands and caresses the back of my neck before letting the lei fall into place.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2024

This month, the state reopened West Maui, even though many blue-collar residents say it is too soon to greet visitors with warm smiles, alohas and fresh flower leis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

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

We all wear Hawaiian shirts and leis over our costumes, and the banner I painted says Sari-Sari Store in bright blue, yellow, and red letters, the colors of the Philippine flag.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio