lectern
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Standing at the lectern outside his front door, he said: "Walking up this street two years ago was the proudest moment of my life."
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Residents lined up at the wooden lectern to speak in three-minute slots, many invoking the less-than-savory reputation man camps earned in Wyoming’s boom-and-bust past.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
So when Torres took the lectern in Garden Grove, he wasn’t just there as an elected official.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
It was July 2015, and Sherman, then a top Obama administration official at the State Department, had just stepped up to a lectern in a drab conference room.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
A man is standing at a lectern in front of a huge audience.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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