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podium

[poh-dee-uhm] / ˈpoʊ di əm /
NOUN
raised platform for oration
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Pug tops podium at Word’s Ugliest Dog contest…

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

A DJ performed from a podium adorned with pink disco balls, brands gave away protein drinks and powders and people competed in a pull-up-bar-hanging competition.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Sandoval’s ex, Dillon Maquindang, stood at a podium Thursday morning and decried the defendant for cheating on them, manipulating them and taking out his failures on Maquindang’s family.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Crossing the line in 44.17 seconds, the 31-year-old secured his eighth podium at the championships to equal French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre's men's record medal tally.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

I slowly walked up, went behind the podium, and grabbed on to it.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Many boomers, who grew up reading Mailer, seeing him regularly on TV, in gossip columns and on college campus podia, took him as a given.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2022

See her brave the weather at tarmacs, outdoor podia, and tourist hotspots below.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2018

There are many podia along the length of the arm, which allow the sea star to latch onto objects and walk.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

All ordinary classical temples stood on podia or platforms which raised them above the surrounding surface at least to some small extent.

From Roman Britain in 1914 by F. (Francis) Haverfield

Such a form gave rise to descendants differing inter se as regards the suppression of the radial canals and of the podia, the form of the tentacles, and the development of respiratory trees.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

It will be Vance striding toward planes in photographs and Vance standing behind podiums to explain why negotiations aren’t working.

From Salon Apr. 27, 2026

In the intervening years, when he was largely absent from U.S. podiums, Mr. Thomas cemented an enduring relationship with the London Symphony Orchestra, becoming its chief conductor in 1988.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

While the other candidates pressed their palms against the podiums, ready to pounce on every question, Becerra clasped his hands like an altar boy.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

"The next generation really believes and talks about podiums like it's a normal thing," Ryding told Ski Sunday before the Games.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

One by one, the announcer called us to the stage, starting with number eight and finishing with the top three on the podiums.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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