flag-waving
noun
flag-wav·ing
ˈflag-ˌwā-viŋ 
: excessively passionate appeal to patriotic or partisan sentiment : chauvinism
an article that was nothing more than flag-waving
—often used before another nounflag-waving rhetoric
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Amid a sea of flag-waving and soccer-style chanting from large crowds that exceeded expectations, violent clashes with police led to dozens of arrests.
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Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Kirk used social media, podcasts and personal appearances on college campuses to espouse a flag-waving conservatism that trumpeted limited government, gun rights and traditional morality.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Additionally, all of these flag-waving insects are known to feed on toxic passionflower vines.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Organizers of the largest rally, in Tel Aviv, estimated that more than 300,000 people attended.
CNN cannot independently confirm that number, but images from Tel Aviv showed the streets packed with flag-waving demonstrators.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Kirk used social media, podcasts and personal appearances on college campuses to espouse a flag-waving conservatism that trumpeted limited government, gun rights and traditional morality.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Additionally, all of these flag-waving insects are known to feed on toxic passionflower vines.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Organizers of the largest rally, in Tel Aviv, estimated that more than 300,000 people attended.
CNN cannot independently confirm that number, but images from Tel Aviv showed the streets packed with flag-waving demonstrators.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Flag-waving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag-waving. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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