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buntings

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plural of bunting

as in pennants

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Sandlot Goods made pennants, t-shirts, hats and more for both the home teams and the games played at Arrowhead Stadium.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
This year, some of Miller’s favorite details are the pennants and banners hanging behind her desk.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of pennants

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Her glossy hair, braided into two plaits, hung down over her shoulders in a style unusual for young girls these days.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Bobby’s is a flouncy skirt and a knotted shirt straight out of the early-aughts MTV Movie & TV Awards, and Elizabeth’s is a full-length dress made out of brown faux leather with a bunch of long plaits swinging off it.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026

Definition of plaits

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Trump will depart sooner or later, the banners will be torn down and much of his petty talk will be and should be forgotten.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
This led to protests at home games, including banners, removing flags from The Kop and a ‘not a pound in the ground’ initiative, where supporters were encouraged not to purchase anything inside the ground.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of banners

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More broadly, struggling to name specific contributions by others even when specifically prompted to do so or remaining vague about developing subordinates are flags that the candidate may engage in toxic patterns.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 24 Aug. 2026
The counter protesters came in force wielding massive flags, signs and automatic bubble blowers.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of flags

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But there is much more work to do to offset transfer spending and trim the fringes of Alonso’s large first-team squad.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
The Gators could drift toward the fringes of being ranked with the right choice, an 8-4 campaign sparking hope in Gainesville once more.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of fringes

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The plan is now to shop the series to broadcasters and streamers in town for the Edinburgh TV Festival or the Edinburgh Fringe, where shows such as Baby Reindeer were first identified.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Santosh Kumar, 76, waved at the crowd from a float decked out with flags and white, orange and green streamers.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of streamers

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Bridge’s rapid rise was driven by regions that featured high friction across borders, like Latin America.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Ukraine escalates its own long-range drone campaign, hitting Russian command posts and major online retailers, while stray drones over neighboring Moldova underscore fears the war could spill across borders.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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