red ribbon
noun
: a red ribbon usually with appropriate words or markings awarded the second-place winner in a competition
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Hundreds of club members wore red ribbons and pledged to lead drug-free lives.
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Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
The post then moved onto an image of a table candle set with red ribbons and an image of red Christmas trees surrounded by hundreds of matching balloons.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
The Vatican's media office posted video to social media late Monday showing the doors of Francis' apartment being tied shut with red ribbon, then sealed with red wax.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
Adorn it with tasty treats by stapling red ribbon to ears of field corn and hanging them from the branches.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2024
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Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
The post then moved onto an image of a table candle set with red ribbons and an image of red Christmas trees surrounded by hundreds of matching balloons.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
The Vatican's media office posted video to social media late Monday showing the doors of Francis' apartment being tied shut with red ribbon, then sealed with red wax.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
Adorn it with tasty treats by stapling red ribbon to ears of field corn and hanging them from the branches.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Red ribbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20ribbon. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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