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Since 2011, Prescott has lowered this 6-foot-tall, illuminated cowboy boot from the top of a 40-foot flagpole right above the Palace Building.
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Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 27 Dec. 2025
The Whispering Palms Community Services District board voted down what had become a controversial proposal to install a flagpole to fly the American flag at the entrance to the residential community.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
At one point, Colton grabbed a flagpole being used to assault an officer and handed it back to the attacker.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Streets leading to the base were decorated with welcome posters, portraits of Putin, and flagpoles bearing the colors of both nations.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 27 Dec. 2025
The Whispering Palms Community Services District board voted down what had become a controversial proposal to install a flagpole to fly the American flag at the entrance to the residential community.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
At one point, Colton grabbed a flagpole being used to assault an officer and handed it back to the attacker.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Streets leading to the base were decorated with welcome posters, portraits of Putin, and flagpoles bearing the colors of both nations.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Flagpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagpole. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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flagpole
noun
flag·pole
ˈflag-ˌpōl 
: a pole from which a flag flies
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