white flag
noun
1
: a flag of plain white used as a flag of truce or as a token of surrender
2
: a token of weakness or yielding
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Mazzulla waved the white flag just past the midway point of the fourth quarter, sending in deep reserves Luka Garza and Dalano Banton to close out the game.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
In Islamabad, two senior security officials said Afghan forces at some border posts had raised white flags, a gesture typically interpreted as a request to halt firing.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
But then, with one lap to go and the white flag already out, his Open-car competitor Corey LaJoie spun out, and instead of braking and avoiding the carnage, Mears smashed his foot on the pedal and zoomed ahead of LaJoie before the caution came out.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Fifty white flags were stained with reddish earth retrieved from each American state, with the intention of highlighting what unifies the fractious nation, not what divides it.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
In Islamabad, two senior security officials said Afghan forces at some border posts had raised white flags, a gesture typically interpreted as a request to halt firing.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
But then, with one lap to go and the white flag already out, his Open-car competitor Corey LaJoie spun out, and instead of braking and avoiding the carnage, Mears smashed his foot on the pedal and zoomed ahead of LaJoie before the caution came out.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Fifty white flags were stained with reddish earth retrieved from each American state, with the intention of highlighting what unifies the fractious nation, not what divides it.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for white flag
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