pulpit
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As an incumbent, Bass will always have the advantage of her City Hall bully pulpit, said Fernando Guerra, political science professor at Loyola Marymount University.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
Suddenly the lines about needing a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit came so much more alive from the endless horizon atop a watchtower.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
The Prince of Wales gave a Bible reading from the pulpit.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
The congregation laughed when Hartzler was summoned to the pulpit to make an announcement about the young men’s breakfast and Bible study.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
It dominated all, the pulpit: a wooden platform raised above the congregation, with a high stand in the center for the Bible, before which the preacher stood.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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