lectern
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By 2024, Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw said that Powell’s caution at the lectern made the press conferences a waste of time.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
Staff hastily arranged emergency kits and hard hats as props around the lectern ahead of her remarks on the shooting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
The prime minister will take to the Downing Street lectern this morning, after another extraordinary weekend of diplomatic turmoil prompted by US President Donald Trump.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
He appears mentally unstable and physically feeble, clinging to his lectern as if it were a walker.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025
The little store-front church was only half filled when they walked in, but Reverend Price was already behind the lectern, thumbing through his Bible.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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