pulpit
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The state superintendent also typically takes advantage of the bully pulpit on education issues.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
“The truth is that when you are police chief you have a bully pulpit, and what you say or fail to say is important.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026
The Health Secretary has also used his bully pulpit to attack products he views as toxins, including pesticides and fluoride in water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Roosevelt’s challenge to Wall Street, he writes, “was largely a bully pulpit affair, with rhetoric exceeding action.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
He slammed his fist down on the pulpit, which caused all the dried-up palm fronds to shift suddenly sideways and begin falling forward, one at a time.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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