lectern
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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
How will Team Burnham choreograph the moment where he walks up to the lectern to address the country?
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Standing at the lectern outside his front door, he said: "Walking up this street two years ago was the proudest moment of my life."
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Poised behind a lectern, in a silver silk top and matching trousers, Kirk explained that feminism teaches women to “reject the very things that make womanhood unique.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Sybil turned and shushed her, then gave Cora a quick hug as Gloria Valentine stepped to the lectern.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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
There are lecterns on each level connected by a staircase with ornate details which were all crafted by hand.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022
The boxy dark blue and dark paneled lecterns — there are many — are a symbol of the modern presidency.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
It was especially common in the case of the great antiphoners and other huge service-books which stood on the lecterns in Italian churches.
From The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
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