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lapel

[luh-pel] / ləˈpɛl /








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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

“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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