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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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But even for an expert, fluency in the complex language of corner semaphore isn’t an essential for youngsters enjoying the game at grassroots level.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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Frustrated, Dad would wave his arms semaphore style in these dreams.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Still, much like Colombian footballer James Rodríguez transforms when wearing the tricolor, Doughty seems to draw superpowers from the maple leaf gracing his torso.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
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In the streets of Los Angeles, in June, as the city clashed with ICE, the most visible symbol of the protest was the Mexican flag, the tricolor raised over the haze of tear gas and black smoke.—
Jack Herrera,
New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2025
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Not only in the stands that hold 80,000 people, but also on the grounds and walkways, too—every tunnel, ingress point, and food stand had a line, with mostly Italian insignia on view, though there was tons of American regalia too.—
Nick Remsen,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
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Of all the hats Herschel Bloom wore during his life, his favorite was a baseball cap with the Yankees insignia on it, his friends said.—
Rebecca McCarthy,
AJC.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Williams, who was 17 years old at the time, tried to pass another vehicle just before the crest of a hill.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
4 Feb. 2026
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Within three seasons, the cannon made its way onto the Blue Jackets sweater when the club created a new third jersey with the cannon as the main crest, resting on its caisson and pointing upward to the right of the sweater.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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The ancient ritual will see smoke from smoldering native leaves waft over the island’s sandy beaches – to cleanse, and to heal.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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And occasionally, the smell of chemical agents wafts by.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Houston waved the white flag early in the final period, emptying its bench with just under eight minutes to play.—
Sam Warren,
Houston Chronicle,
5 Feb. 2026
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But no matter how many times the story is rewritten, there is little truth in the popular version of events that Keegan’s words transmitted anxiety to his players, reduced them to nervous wrecks and created the meltdown that ended with the white flag of surrender.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Now, the leftwing base regards raising taxes as a badge of honor.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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Powell said being mentioned in trade rumors is almost a badge of honor, indicating that you’re valued.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Burgee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgee. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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