lectern

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One of these, a sinuous swirl of foliage at the base of the cathedral’s great lectern, tells us what the Art Nouveau architects of a later generation were looking at.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

He appears mentally unstable and physically feeble, clinging to his lectern as if it were a walker.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed Trump’s sentiment Thursday from her lectern after a testy exchange with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

Biden signed it in April 2024, weeks before he walked on to a debate stage in Atlanta and took a lectern across from Trump.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

I stepped to the lectern and began delivering the speech I had written in verse.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter