placard
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“We don’t forgive or forget,” one placard said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Thank you for your compassion and love towards everyone you cared for," read one placard, balanced among bouquets, wreaths and other tributes.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
City of London Police said a 22-year-old woman was arrested for displaying a placard in support of a proscribed organisation, in this case Palestine Action, contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
"I wrote on my placard: 'People! Let's stop the war. We bear responsibility for peace on Planet Earth!'"
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
Shrill boat whistles echoed in my ears as I searched the crowded platform, my fingers numb from clutching my placard so tightly.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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While Wangchuk is not at the protest site any longer, many of the placards and posters have slogans about his fast and drawings of him.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The protesters, many of them carrying the Ukrainian flags and placards expressing support for Fedorov, gathered in the capital for the second day running to protest the decision, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Just a short walk away, protesters marched under placards calling for his ousting as chants demanding an end to the resort project echoed off government buildings.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Metal placards installed near each piece feature a scannable QR code that reveals more about the artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
The demigods ran, tripping over stones, leaping over crumbled walls, dodging around columns and informational placards.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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The Ben Crump Law website is placarded with numerous recent cable news appearances, many conducted from his Tallahassee home during quarantine.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2020
C. I. O. In Manhattan, to inform the public that they wanted a closed shop, C. I. O. cleaners & dyers released 500 placarded balloons from Times Square hotel windows.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Manhattan's independent radio station WNEW, convinced that listeners want mostly music and news, has placarded buses and taxis with the promise that there are "no sob stories. . . no horror stories" on WNEW.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Five thousand special buses and 83 special trams stood by.Graham's advance guard placarded all Scotland with his picture.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The same day, in the Quartier des Ecoles, professors, doctors, lawyers, engineers, and students placarded a manifesto demanding a democratic and laical Republic, an autonomous Commune and the federation of the communes.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
The 'folly of the Cross,' the placarding of our human weakness, is something more intimate than the mere stripping off of outward paraphernalia.
From Time Magazine Archive
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No speaker mentioned Adlai Stevenson, and his picture was not among the big portraits of party leaders placarding the hall.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It contented itself with placarding the manifesto, and neglected the smallest precautions, even that of occupying the railway station.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
I venture to think the conjurers unwise in irritating the spiritualists, who are a growing body, by placarding their entertainment as exposés, even though such announcements may "draw" the non-spiritual public.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice
"But there is no use in placarding her," said Halicarnassus.
From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail
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