noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
stand
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Winning meant standing on a podium , smiling for cameras and posing for pictures.
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Up on the stage, Lester Stoner stood at the podium reading his valedictory address.
take
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Ed. crowd settled down as well when MacFarland took the podium .
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Antigang activist and actor Edward James Olmos, for one, took the podium at the 1996 Democratic national convention.
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Lamm, speaking before Perot took the podium , congratulated him on winning the nomination.
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In the postgame maelstrom, Switzer was one of the first to take the podium .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hillie rose and went to the podium where he addressed the audience.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dolphins were on the podium with Shula.
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He insisted that the rebels should be allowed to address both houses from the congressional podium .
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My stomach sinks and I head up toward the podium .
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Only one representative came to the podium to protest against the dilution of free-market principles.
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She was, at this moment, like a slave on a podium waiting for the bid.
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The podium sports the logo of Roosevelt Jefferson High.
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Unfortunately it is not clear from the report whether the podium extended beyond the walls, or was contained by them.