under the banner of

phrase

: with a particular slogan
Both candidates are running under the banner of "no new taxes."

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But the boat strikes have helped normalize unilateral lethal action in the region under the banner of fighting drugs—so much so that strikes on Mexico’s territory may now appear as the logical next step of an expanding campaign. Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 This was due to a unique political experiment called Fusion, which, in the eighteen-nineties, brought white Populists and Black Republicans in North Carolina together under the banner of common class interest. Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026 The staff of the New York Transit Museum is expected to vote to unionize Friday under the banner of District Council 37. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026 Ranchers of the borderlands have already achieved the impossible, uniting groups from opposite ends of the political spectrum under the banner of safeguarding the borderlands. Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for under the banner of

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“Under the banner of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20the%20banner%20of. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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