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white flag
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Down 30 with seven minutes left, Ott waved the white flag and emptied his bench, trying to move on to Wednesday’s Game 2 as quickly as possible.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Podziemski could catch absolute fire, Melton could hit five 3s and the Warriors could steal one on the road against a Clippers team that waved the white flag at the trade deadline.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Black flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20flag. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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