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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a placard read" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the text or message displayed on a placard, often in the context of protests, demonstrations, or public announcements.
Example: "As the crowd gathered, a placard read, 'Save Our Planet!'"
Alternatives: "a sign stated" or "a banner declared".
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"George W. Bush, that's my final answer," a placard read.
"This is a replica of the Uranium bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6 , 1945" a placard read.
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In one room a placard reads: "Performers have choices.
"Fiesco Square," a placard reads, conjuring up Tahrir, Tiananmen and other spaces of revolt.
Some people have taken turns sitting at a desk they have placed on Broadway flanked by an American flag and a placard reading "Welcome to Liberty Park".
She picked up a placard reading "I AM A MAN" — battle cry turned gender bender — and marched down Beale Street, the home of the Memphis blues.
When Humphrey Lyttelton introduced an alto saxophonist into his line-up, a placard reading "Go home, dirty bopper" was waved at one of his gigs.
One woman summed it up nicely in a placard reading "Gays have the right to be as miserable as I make my husband".
Red paint still remained on the 2012 Olympic clock, and a placard reading "Kill the Cuts" hung from the bronze statue of Saint Vincent.
One woman brandishing a placard reading "Men together is against God's will" came under a gale of kisses blown by marchers.
At the entrance to the settler outpost of Givat Assaf on the West Bank, a placard reads: "We have come back home".
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