lectern
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A member of the laity felt it necessary to remind the faithful from the lectern that they were in the house of the Lord.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 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
Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped to a lectern last month and evinced no doubt that her office would prove that a former Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
The festival is in some ways like any other kind of conference, in that awards presentations, schedule changes, and various other routine business matters are transacted at a lectern on the stage.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
The studio director cut to a wide shot revealing six empty lecterns.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Harris and Trump, who will stand behind lecterns, are not allowed to bring props or prewritten notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
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
You may reasonably decline to provide such adjuncts or accessories to Anglican worship as pulpits and litany-desks, service-books and altar-cloths, lecterns and candlesticks.
From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by David Hunter Blair
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