Definition of red ribbon
: a red ribbon usually with appropriate words or markings awarded the second-place winner in a competition
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Referee Phil Serfass and the other four members of the Broward County Football Officials Association who officiated Thursday’s game wore caps with the number 17 and a red ribbon embroidered on them.
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Yondu moves his sound-sensitive arrow with a whistle but also heart, and as this rolling overhead shot pulls back, the audience senses poetry amid the chaos in those red ribbons of light.
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The 33-year-old father will realize his goal on May 31 when restaurant staff and Tallmadge officials cut a red ribbon heralding the grand opening of the Global Kitchen at 12 Tallmadge Circle.
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With an enormous pair of scissors, Beaudreault cut a red ribbon and walked inside her finished home.
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Even easier, tie a bow with a red ribbon around the bottle.
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Standing before huge stacks of paper that were supposed to represent reams of federal regulations, Trump took out a pair of scissors and snipped a long red ribbon.
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Mayor Bryan Jensen helped to cut the red ribbon that inaugurated the Story Time Trail, and children gathered under a tent to have stories read to them.
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The Ag Mechanic teams did an excellent job bring home two blue ribbons and one red ribbon with their utility trailer, mineral feeder and tool table.
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First Known Use of red ribbon
1872
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