placard
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“We don’t forgive or forget,” one placard said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
"For the blood of the martyrs, sing the national anthem with firmness and without hesitation," read one placard.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
City of London Police said a 22-year-old woman was arrested for displaying a placard in support of a proscribed organisation, in this case Palestine Action, contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
"We are not here for disorder. We're demanding the truth of the ballot," a placard read.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2025
Each piece of art had a little placard indicating the artist and name of the work.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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A small group of protesters gathered in central Nairobi on Tuesday, wearing white protective gear and carrying a coffin emblazoned with "Ebola" and placards reading: "Reject Ebola in Kenya".
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Many held placards reading: "We are Europe" and portraits of jailed former president Mikheil Saakashvili, who pushed for close ties with the West while in office.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Metal placards installed near each piece feature a scannable QR code that reveals more about the artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Crowds took to the capital's streets from 13:00 GMT on Saturday, with placards displaying messages including "fight ignorance not immigrants" and "reject racist lies" visible.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
Guides held up colored placards with different numbers and lectured in dozens of languages like they were playing some kind of international bingo.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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The Ben Crump Law website is placarded with numerous recent cable news appearances, many conducted from his Tallahassee home during quarantine.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2020
So placarded the Anti-Saloon League during the War.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Five thousand special buses and 83 special trams stood by.Graham's advance guard placarded all Scotland with his picture.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It seems that the Smithsonian, honoring their secretary, had already in residence the Langley machine, placarded as the first heavier than air machine.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A comparative study of Paine's two republican manifestos—that placarded in Paris July 1st, and this of August 20th to the English—reveals the difference between the two nations at that period.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel
No speaker mentioned Adlai Stevenson, and his picture was not among the big portraits of party leaders placarding the hall.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The 'folly of the Cross,' the placarding of our human weakness, is something more intimate than the mere stripping off of outward paraphernalia.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As the administration of the Rue Pagevin threw obstacles into the way of placarding the decrees and proclamations, Debock advised the workmen bill-stickers to associate themselves.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
It is shown by the disrespectful manner in which individuals are dealt with in your journals—the placarding of public men in sensational headings, the dragging of private people and their affairs into print.
From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various
I venture to think the conjurers unwise in irritating the spiritualists, who are a growing body, by placarding their entertainment as exposés, even though such announcements may "draw" the non-spiritual public.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice
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