pulpit
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As a Christian minister of an American Baptist congregation, I’ve spent more than 20 years in a pulpit — long enough to know the difference between protecting a church and conscripting one.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
If Warsh goes quiet while his colleagues continue to give economic-outlook speeches, a kind of unilateral disarmament could take hold where the chair forfeits the bully pulpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Jin’s path to the pulpit was forged in the aftermath of a different crackdown: Tiananmen Square.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
They can make major unilateral decisions — such as welcoming federal troops into California cities — and command a bully pulpit to drive public opinion and policy, including through statewide ballot measures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
There, a great crowd of misshapen individuals are gathered around an old man in a pulpit made of cobwebs; he says nothing, but blows bubbles.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Because many colonists were illiterate, the Declaration was commonly declaimed by local officials in town squares and preachers in pulpits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Photographers climbing medieval pulpits to get better angles could cause a major distraction, she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
At the end of the day, only the preachers in the pulpits can reach the evangelical faithful.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
On Sundays, Spanish is heard from the pulpits of six churches.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023
A second, and then a third, pastoral was read from the pulpits.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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