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lapel

[luh-pel] / ləˈpɛl /








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Iran players arrived in Tijuana on Sunday wearing gold-colored lapel pins on their jackets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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

With Trump’s planned attendance Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, some reporters have said they’ll wear pocket handkerchiefs or lapel pins prominently displaying the words of the First Amendment.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

In portraits in homes and classrooms, in photographs on the front page of the country’s main party newspaper, on lapel badges pinned over citizens’ hearts, Kim’s image became synonymous with the state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

She glanced up at the man beside her for guidance: he wore a robe and pajamas and slippers, and he had a white flower pinned to the lapel of his robe.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

“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

The prince and princess, both wearing daffodils on their lapels, also visited a forge and met nursery children aged three and four waiting with signs they had drawn.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

Other Guardsmen wore their sympathies on their sleeves and lapels: pro-striker buttons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025

She was dressed in her neat traveling dress, the jacket edged in black braid, black velvet lapels, and large jet buttons.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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