lectern
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As the crowd shouts encouragement, Tonya takes to the lectern.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Zacharia appeared wholly unprepared when she took the lectern to address the press corps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 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
He stepped back from the lectern, and there was a burst of applause.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
Barabak: Starting out, the candidates behind their lecterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The studio director cut to a wide shot revealing six empty lecterns.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
These numbers, compared with those mentioned above at Zutphen, indicate lecterns.
From The Care of Books by John Willis Clark
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