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lanyard

[lan-yerd] / ˈlæn yərd /
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And then there were train enthusiasts like an 11-year-old passenger, who was wearing a homemade California Zephyr shirt, a blue Amtrak baseball hat and a lanyard with collectible pins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Bietz also denied accusations that he was carrying a knife on the beach, saying that the object photographed in his hand was likely either a stick, his phone or the lanyard attached to his keys.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

Wear your phone on a lanyard while in flight.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2025

"We’re very grateful that the trust have revoked the lanyard policy that should never have been implemented", Leigh said.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2024

It was the lanyard he’d made, tied to a little ball of beechwood that he’d rounded and sanded carefully.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman