placard
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"We do not use air conditioning, and this year we did not use the boiler," she said as she held a placard that read "electricity service is a right".
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
"Free our president," read a placard held by a man with a red flannel shirt which bore the image of Maduro's predecessor and mentor, late socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez.
From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026
Sometimes with a microphone, sometimes with a placard, if Mags was part of the mob, it got the press interested - and the media appearances kept coming.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
A troupe of schoolchildren visiting its lobby masses in front of a statue with the legend “The Truth Shall Make you Free” and an office placard announces “Suspicion Breeds Confidence.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
Bow-tie man, who was holding the “LIBRARY?” placard, was standing in the wrong spot.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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