How to Use podium in a Sentence

podium

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  • The two shared a hug, and Culkin wiped away tears next to the podium.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
  • At the last Olympics, in Tokyo, the U.S. again topped the medal chart with 113 podiums.
    — NBC News, 23 July 2024
  • Kelce was asked by Biden to come up to the podium and talk during the event.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 31 May 2024
  • Just to stand on that podium and see the looks on the faces of the players and coaches – a supreme moment.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 25 July 2023
  • Granger Smith is ready to trade his concert venues for a church podium.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The boys’ golf team placed 10th at the 6A state tournament while the girls team took fourth place and was one stroke shy of the podium.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2024
  • In 2024, there will be the Meme Team if the Americans don’t stand on the highest podium.
    — Troy Renck, Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2024
  • Our best airline for the last 27 years was knocked off the top of the podium by a 10-year-old airline that didn’t crack the top five last year.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • But when Boric took the podium, he was poised, diplomatic and focused on the present.
    — Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Jennifer and Daiquiri came in second last year and seem like favorites to win, but the path to the podium is not a smooth one.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • No business leader is better equipped than the CFO to take the podium and raise the baton.
    — Jim Deloach, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • There wasn’t a lot of 49ers talk at the postgame victory podium as Green Bay basked in the glow of sending the Dallas-Ft.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • But missing the podium didn’t dim the crowd’s affection, nor her mood.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Then the packing will begin again, even before the champagne is sprayed on the podium.
    — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • Brown walked off the podium and started high-fiving fans.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • And from that smash debut at Carnegie on, the film treats Bernstein as unimpeachable on the podium.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Turner said anyone present who wanted to read their own name could step to the podium and do so.
    — The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2024
  • He was ranked No. 1 in the world earlier this year and figures to challenge the Brazilian men for a spot on the Olympic podium.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Ranking with four wins, nine podiums and 19 starts in his career.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2024
  • All of the above athletes are back for this year’s World Championships and are predicted to once again top the podium.
    — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Even amid the uproar over the 100-meter freestyle results, Mr. Larson managed to reach the gold medal podium in Rome.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Participants have the option to speak at a podium, walk in the parade or both.
    — Jolan Kruse, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • Milton Andersen: At the podium … Lyle read a letter from Jose … that was filled with love and pride for his sons.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Person after person took to the podium to say all that Patrick Nicholas had taken from them.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Yet for Emma Hayes, the woman tasked to get the U.S. back to the top of the medal podium, memories of the 2012 tournament have little to do with gold medals.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • It’s come from the podium with reporters and under the late afternoon Auburn sun at practice.
    — Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Over the past few days, an image of Eric Stonestreet is going for second place on the podium.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The 18-year-old phenom finished first in the opening moto and then second in the second moto to land atop the podium.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
  • The Olympic flame first appeared in Amsterdam in 1928, and the podium four years later.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 21 July 2024
  • Image That much was clear over the past two weeks, when van Zweden returned to the podium to lead his final stretch of concerts.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 31 May 2024

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