lapel
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As he’s spoken to audiences of government officials, diplomats, academics and journalists, Dans — who wears his Arctic commission lapel pin and exudes a professorial air — has also waded into foreign policy.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I’ve had enough,” he said, removing the microphone from his lapel and tossing it to the floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Gautam Tamboliya, a 21-year-old student from India’s Haryana state, carried India’s national flag and wore a lapel pin with an image of a cockroach on it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Massie is a throwback libertarian who, in lieu of the standard lawmaker flag pin, wears on his lapel a national debt clock that he programmed himself.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
She had a brooch on her lapel that looked like a spread of poker chips, with WINNER’S in shiny gold across the arch, but it was pinned crooked.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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“That means notch lapels, button cuffs and pants with belt loops, as opposed to peak lapels, French cuffs and side adjusters.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
He became a fixture on television news, wearing either military style tactical gear or a long, double-breasted green overcoat with wide lapels that critics said was meant to echo Nazi German military garb.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
There is evidence of this methodology in practice at Worthing High School, including photographs of students listing their latest achievements and blazer lapels full of badges.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Other Guardsmen wore their sympathies on their sleeves and lapels: pro-striker buttons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
He donned his best silk shirt, his purple cravat, his brown velvet jacket with the braided lapels.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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