lectern

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

Tobias Gough’s duty was simple: wheel out the heavy, bespoke wooden lectern and test the mic whenever a premier was about to resign or make their first speech to the nation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

I hear, for instance, that he may not bother with a lectern for his first speech as prime minister, outside 10 Downing Street, on Monday.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

He stepped back from the lectern, and there was a burst of applause.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

The two leaders gave opening remarks from lecterns on opposite sides of the stage.

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2023

Those aren't ideas parties like to put on the front of leaflets, lecterns or Facebook ads.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023

The boxy dark blue and dark paneled lecterns — there are many — are a symbol of the modern presidency.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

The set for this Cambridge University institution is minimal — two tables, two chairs, two tabletop lecterns.

From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022

There are beautiful examples of brass lecterns at Magdalene and Merton Colleges, Oxford, in most of our cathedrals, and many parish churches.

From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Walter Field