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Half-staff describes a flag that is raised halfway, between the top and bottom of the flagpole.
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Brian Smith, Des Moines Register, 3 Feb. 2026
After winning the silver medal in the long jump, O’Connor scaled the flagpole to replace a British flag with an Irish nationalist banner in protest of having to compete as a British athlete before Ireland gained its independence.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Those weapons included firearms, tasers, axes, knives, baseball bats and flagpoles.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
In Monday’s frigid cold, the Pride flag hung limply from a flagpole barely visible from the windows of the Statehouse.
—Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
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Brian Smith, Des Moines Register, 3 Feb. 2026
After winning the silver medal in the long jump, O’Connor scaled the flagpole to replace a British flag with an Irish nationalist banner in protest of having to compete as a British athlete before Ireland gained its independence.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Those weapons included firearms, tasers, axes, knives, baseball bats and flagpoles.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
In Monday’s frigid cold, the Pride flag hung limply from a flagpole barely visible from the windows of the Statehouse.
—Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Flagpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagpole. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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flagpole
noun
flag·pole
ˈflag-ˌpōl 
: a pole from which a flag flies
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