lectern
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It was July 2015, and Sherman, then a top Obama administration official at the State Department, had just stepped up to a lectern in a drab conference room.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
By 2024, Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw said that Powell’s caution at the lectern made the press conferences a waste of time.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
Staff hastily arranged emergency kits and hard hats as props around the lectern ahead of her remarks on the shooting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
The prime minister will take to the Downing Street lectern this morning, after another extraordinary weekend of diplomatic turmoil prompted by US President Donald Trump.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
King pushed his written speech aside, gripped the lectern with both hands, and gave his country seventeen of the most memorable minutes in its history.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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