lectern
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As the crowd shouts encouragement, Tonya takes to the lectern.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
After 72 particularly miserable hours for his football program, Lincoln Riley took his place behind a lectern Tuesday and tried to assure that things at USC weren’t as bad as they looked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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
So when Burnham decided to break with tradition and make his inaugural address Monday accompanied by only a minimalist microphone stand, a vocal faction of the electorate worried they’d lose more than the lectern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Charles Greiner, who was fit, white-haired, and soft-spoken, stood before the lectern and told us he had come up through the system, starting upstate as a CO.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Charred furniture, lecterns and smoky curls of carpet are piled around the entrance - its guts emptied, and debris cleared, in time for Friday prayers.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
We open with the candidates walking out and taking their place behind their lecterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
The two leaders gave opening remarks from lecterns on opposite sides of the stage.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 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
When books had become numerous the western library was taken in hand, and the lecterns altered into stalls, the single central bar being retained.
From The Care of Books by John Willis Clark
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