lectern
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Trump addressed the executives from a lectern on a makeshift dais a few feet away from them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 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
In something of a grand gesture, Caleb Williams stood at a lectern Wednesday to explain that excerpts from an upcoming book were old news.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
King pushed his written speech aside, gripped the lectern with both hands, and gave his country seventeen of the most memorable minutes in its history.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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