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tripod

[trahy-pod] / ˈtraɪ pɒd /
NOUN
easel
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“I even filmed him badly back then — the sound was terrible and the camera fell off the tripod during the interview,” he recalls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

He preferred an easygoing static tripod shot — a point Adrian contested, as is shown in the film.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

As night fell on Tucson, a man in a reflector jacket parked his truck on the same hill where Williams held court, and deployed a tripod.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

For this video, though, the 21-year-old used a company-issued tripod and wore her Starbucks logo-emblazoned apron.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

As Maya-Jade set up the tripod, Vivian began rolling her shoulders and then puffing out her lips.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Along the route, families arrive with lawn chairs, tents and tripods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Once in a Lifetime” is part video display and part sculpture, made of tripods, toothpicks, lights, cardboard boxes and projectors that flicker images on the gallery walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026

You can still taste its acrid smell; all the TV equipment - cameras, lights, tripods - are tangles of twisted metal.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

Big backpacks, as well as tripods and other professional camera equipment, are also banned.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024

Mama went to the backyard with Sisi to put away the cast iron cooking tripods.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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