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pulpit

[pool-pit, puhl-] / ˈpʊl pɪt, ˈpʌl- /
NOUN
structure from which sermon is given
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Anamaria and her brother, John Paul, read passages from the Bible from a pulpit framed by flowers and a portrait of Sayre.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 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

The controller has a bully pulpit to vent about the city’s dire financial straits, as well as auditing powers to unearth where the city might be overspending, but does not actually manage the budget.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 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

Rabbi Gold has a deep, resonant voice so that even when he says hello, it sounds like he’s making a major pronouncement from the pulpit.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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