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a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
the flags of both countries were prominently displayed at the treaty signing
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to lose bodily strength or vigor
we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail
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Recent Examples of flag
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
The Deliver, sailing under the flag of Cameroon, had departed from the Russian port of Primorsk, authorities said.
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Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Industry guidance consistently flags hallucination risk, data privacy, and third-party model risk as top concerns for generative AI in banking.
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Ricardo Tavares,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Dutch DJs played hits from their homeland and classic party anthems from the United States, while the full-capacity crowd waved flags with the Dutch team’s logo.
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Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
The Deliver, sailing under the flag of Cameroon, had departed from the Russian port of Primorsk, authorities said.
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Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Verb
Usually, their appeals are in vain, with the Norwegian flagged offside just five times last season, fewer than any other Premier League forward who played at least 900 minutes.
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Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Industry guidance consistently flags hallucination risk, data privacy, and third-party model risk as top concerns for generative AI in banking.
—
Ricardo Tavares,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flag
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Since the news, community members have assembled to help by making banners to hang in front of the store.
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Balloons, banners and even billboard trucks lined the avenue.
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Tania Galloni, an attorney with Earthjustice, said advocates have received mixed signals from state officials regarding the future of the facility.
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Lectra said sequins are up 40 percent and fringe 34 percent this spring and summer season—a signal that consumers crave escapism and individuality.
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Heavy-duty gloves, paired up on polished surfaces or drooping from metal racks, tend to stand in for hands.
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Now the girls, with their useless prop hats drooping sadly over their foreheads, are forced to watch strangers in even cuter outfits than theirs (according to Jen) doing body rolls all over the boys the main-villa girls have only just managed to wrangle into something like a relationship.
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But Rosales said that tradition was fading, possibly another casualty of a more cutthroat political climate.
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The pen barrel depicts fields of wheat that fade into plowed farmland and trees, with distant mountains rising beneath a vast open sky.
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In video shared by the outlet, Stewart grips surfaces for support while singing before motioning to a crew member, who brings over an oxygen tank and places the mask over his nose and mouth.
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The regular working-class crew heading home for the day filed onto her bus when a supervisor popped by the front door and motioned to two teen girls.
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Because of his ostensible degree, Rush was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserves in 2004 and was honorably discharged in 2015.
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The ensign is hoisted, the pennant is broken, the orders have been read, the first watch set.
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This doesn't see three Li-ion battery packs all connected at once for long-range riding, but rather provides a downtube pack plus two spares in a cage hanging from the rear rack.
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For care, the brand recommends washing the set on a gentle cycle with cold water, then hanging it or laying it flat to air-dry.
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Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer spending slowdown persisted in June, with growth during one of the country’s largest online shopping festivals weakening sharply from a year earlier.
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All three of those protagonists have been weakened in their roles by what has gone on.
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“Flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flag. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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