lectern
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One of these, a sinuous swirl of foliage at the base of the cathedral’s great lectern, tells us what the Art Nouveau architects of a later generation were looking at.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
He appears mentally unstable and physically feeble, clinging to his lectern as if it were a walker.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025
Olson returned to the lectern with a new brief and a broader argument.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
The hijinks continued when he stepped behind the lectern to speak and the teleprompter was not working.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
Candles flickered here and there in front of images of the saints; a faint and distant clatter came from the organ loft, where some repairs were going on; a servant was polishing the brass lectern.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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