black-flagged; black-flagging; black-flags
: to signal (a race-car driver) to go immediately to the pits
: a pirate's flag usually bearing a skull and crossbones
Examples of black-flag in a Sentence
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Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
Almost two years later, the Islamic Republic’s red, green, and black flag still flies above the Embassy’s entrance.
—Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2023
Members wore black face coverings, sunglasses, black shirts and khaki pants, and some carried black flags with the swastika symbol on them, according to the Watertown Daily Times.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
More recently, the U.S. footprint in Afghanistan again proved its value when an Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate emerged on the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier and attempted to raise the black flag of the caliphate there.
—David Petraeus, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2020
My sister, dad and I wore shirts in support of Jamaica and held up the bright green, yellow and black flag.
—Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
Yellow and black flags of fabled La Familia football thugs – supporters of Netanyahu’s hard-right ministers – fluttered among Israeli flags lofted by fellow demonstrators just yards from the gas station.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Video of the event posted by attendees and a documentary filmmaker shows a bald, white man swinging a black flag with a white swastika.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
The profile picture featured the ISIS black flag.
—Meleah Lyden, Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2022
Noun
The red, green, white and black flag has faced controversy for decades — making innocuous symbols, such as the watermelon, particularly appealing to activists.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
Almost two years later, the Islamic Republic’s red, green, and black flag still flies above the Embassy’s entrance.
—Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2023
Members wore black face coverings, sunglasses, black shirts and khaki pants, and some carried black flags with the swastika symbol on them, according to the Watertown Daily Times.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
More recently, the U.S. footprint in Afghanistan again proved its value when an Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate emerged on the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier and attempted to raise the black flag of the caliphate there.
—David Petraeus, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2020
My sister, dad and I wore shirts in support of Jamaica and held up the bright green, yellow and black flag.
—Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
Yellow and black flags of fabled La Familia football thugs – supporters of Netanyahu’s hard-right ministers – fluttered among Israeli flags lofted by fellow demonstrators just yards from the gas station.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Video of the event posted by attendees and a documentary filmmaker shows a bald, white man swinging a black flag with a white swastika.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
The profile picture featured the ISIS black flag.
—Meleah Lyden, Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2022
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