pulpit
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As a Christian minister of an American Baptist congregation, I’ve spent more than 20 years in a pulpit — long enough to know the difference between protecting a church and conscripting one.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
If Warsh goes quiet while his colleagues continue to give economic-outlook speeches, a kind of unilateral disarmament could take hold where the chair forfeits the bully pulpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Jin’s path to the pulpit was forged in the aftermath of a different crackdown: Tiananmen Square.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The state superintendent typically takes advantage of the bully pulpit on education issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Rabbi Gold has a deep, resonant voice so that even when he says hello, it sounds like he’s making a major pronouncement from the pulpit.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Clergy preached independence from their pulpits, framing liberty and equality as moral obligations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Photographers climbing medieval pulpits to get better angles could cause a major distraction, she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
From pulpits to street corners in nearly every "hood" across the nation, Black folks from all walks of life celebrated the importance of reading and acquiring "book knowledge" for our emancipation.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2022
Now with more than a decade in one of the nation’s most famous pulpits, he sometimes quotes Scripture at length and peppers his arguments with Latin references.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
Why, it’s them that, not content with printin’ lies on paper an’ preachin’ them out of pulpits, does want to be cuttin’ them on the tombstones.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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