Recent Examples on the WebThe Arabic words recited by observant Muslims reverberated off the historic academic buildings as Palestinian flags tied to flagpoles fluttered in the wind.—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2024 In 2019, the Trump administration began rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to display Pride flags on flagpoles during LGBTQ Pride Month.—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024 Blinken's predecessor Mike Pompeo, an evangelical Christian, ordered that only the U.S. flag fly from embassy flagpoles.—CBS News, 23 Mar. 2024 Also this week, a Florida man who used a flagpole to attack officers who were trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to four years in prison.—Alanna Durkin Richer The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2023 But other items that were stolen were not nearly of the same caliber: a nondescript Chinese metal vase; a fairly ordinary bronze eagle from atop a flagpole; and five minor sketches by Degas.—Tom Mashberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024 More:Clinton Township fire, explosion site still smolders as debris found 2 miles away
Krebs replaced the flag again, and then last Saturday, the suspects in the white Jeep returned with scissors to cut the flag from the flagpole.—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024 Even today, on most urban streets, the only bald eagles typically found are metal castings at the end of flagpoles.—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024 The assailants also punched Lhamo, pulled her hair, took and threw her phone into a river, and tried to whack her with flagpoles.—Jimmy Quinn, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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