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pulpit

[pool-pit, puhl-] / ˈpʊl pɪt, ˈpʌl- /
NOUN
structure from which sermon is given
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The post of chair of NATO’s military committee, known as CMC, is more of a high-level intermediary with a bully pulpit than battle commander and is held by a non-U.S. figure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

As a Christian minister of an American Baptist congregation, I’ve spent more than 20 years in a pulpit — long enough to know the difference between protecting a church and conscripting one.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Anamaria and her brother, John Paul, read passages from the Bible from a pulpit framed by flowers and a portrait of Sayre.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

If Warsh goes quiet while his colleagues continue to give economic-outlook speeches, a kind of unilateral disarmament could take hold where the chair forfeits the bully pulpit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Forty-foot hull with a high tower on top for spotting fish, and a bow pulpit near as long as the boat.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

ASLSP, moreover, reflects the magical unhurriedness the world craves, be it the slowing down of AI or turning down the volume on social media and politicians’ bully pulpits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Clergy preached independence from their pulpits, framing liberty and equality as moral obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Photographers climbing medieval pulpits to get better angles could cause a major distraction, she said.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024

On Sundays, Spanish is heard from the pulpits of six churches.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

Why, it’s them that, not content with printin’ lies on paper an’ preachin’ them out of pulpits, does want to be cuttin’ them on the tombstones.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker


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