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Recent Examples of burgee
One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac.
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Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgee
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These are movies written in flag language, semaphore that can be read clearly from a great distance.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
25 Nov. 2024
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With paint on fabric that is somewhere between a painting and semaphore, another theme is spelled out at the back of the room: tartan.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
Noun
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This sample from Apollo 17, mounted on a plaque featuring the Irish tricolor, found a more stable, albeit temporary, home.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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Photographed on December 29, the musician and beauty mogul was spotted in a vintage, tricolor brown Oscar De La Renta fur hat—sourced from vintage boutique My Haute Wardrobe.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 Jan. 2025
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Related Articles Kicking off this latest chapter, the brand unveiled a new logo centered around the M insignia and appointed Alexa Chung, who is of Chinese descent, a brand ambassador.—
Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
22 Jan. 2025
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Found among the royal accessories were insignia made for these rulers’ burial chambers.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
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The smell of burning cedar and mesquite waft through the grounds.—
Patty Hodapp,
Outside Online,
5 Feb. 2024
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And one last time before parting, the sweet notes of a flute waft through the air.—
Ross Peleh,
NPR,
25 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The style of the shoes was frequently misaligned with the gender of the celebrity—Judy Garland, for example, was represented by a male cowboy boot with a feather and foil crest, while Truman Capote was awarded a woman’s shoe decorated with flowering vines.—
Richard Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Doctors would need to insert two needles into her pelvis — her iliac crest bone — and pull as much bone marrow liquid as needed since Vida's would safely regenerate.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The biggest barrier to a trade here is Utah HC’s ambitions — the organization has no designs on preemptively waving a white flag on a playoff push during its first season playing out of Salt Lake City.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Alternating sections of red and white flags blew in a summer breeze, and the players were greeted by fireworks, a fly over from military planes and even a skittish bald eagle who could have done without the noise from the explosions.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
16 July 2024
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When the door was cracked open, there were young people with temporary badges.—
Chris Megerian,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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This is an industry sometimes associated with violence, so gated compounds with private security and badge systems are more like sanctuaries that give artists a sense of safety.—
Shaun Fabos,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Burgee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgee. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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