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With their event fast approaching, Shephard and Goncalves created a blitzkrieg of advertisements across social media and posted fliers on lampposts throughout the neighborhood to drum up excitement.
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Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Today, banners with photos of successful Hispanic alumni hang from lampposts on the 30-acre campus, and a mariachi band leads celebrations on Día de los Muertos.
—Jon Marcus, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
The cutout characters appear to be smiling lampposts wearing high-top tennis shoes.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
Bright light fell from a lamppost onto the white headstones.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Today, banners with photos of successful Hispanic alumni hang from lampposts on the 30-acre campus, and a mariachi band leads celebrations on Día de los Muertos.
—Jon Marcus, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
The cutout characters appear to be smiling lampposts wearing high-top tennis shoes.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
Bright light fell from a lamppost onto the white headstones.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Lamppost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lamppost. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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lamppost
noun
lamp·post
ˈlam(p)-ˌpōst 
: a post supporting a usually outdoor lamp or lantern
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