white flag

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Recent Examples of white flag Brind’Amour even appeared to wave the white flag by removing goalie Frederik Andersen and replacing him with Bussi. — ABC News, 14 June 2026 By the bottom of the sixth, Vitello removed shortstop Willy Adames and center fielder Jung Hoo Lee from the game, effectively waving the white flag. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2026 According to the volunteer, Niemann got angry after NOT getting fire ant relief, kicked a white flag, kicked some sand, and then proceeded to launch his iron into the fescue area. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 At the funeral procession for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, many mourners are waving a red and white flag which symbolizes martyrdom and revenge in the Shia Muslim tradition. — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for white flag
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  1. tricolor
  2. union jack
Noun
  • Look out for brown pelicans, tricolor herons, reddish egrets, wood storks, and many other unique species.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
  • Most recently, a cousin who has the lion and sun flag prominently hanging in his home clashed with her uncle, who supports a blank tricolor flag without the emblem of the pre-revolutionary flag or the Islamic messaging of the current flag.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
Definition of tricolor
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  • Even his tiny coffin was draped with a union jack.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Shoppers spend on Oxford Street beneath union jack flags in London’s West End, on April 3.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Definition of union jack

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“White flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20flag. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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