as in flag
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
pennons flew from the yachts gathered in the harbor for the festival
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Russian athletes will compete under their own flag at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade, and the country’s national anthem could be played for gold medalists for the first time on the stage of a major global sporting event since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.—
Tales Azzoni,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Iran’s armed forces denied launching drones at Azerbaijan and suggested the incident may have been a false-flag operation by Israel.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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At one of the suburb’s busiest intersections, people lined the sidewalks holding handmade signs and banners as traffic rolled steadily past.—
Jodi Bondi Norgaard,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Sources tell Deadline that Brandon Sklenar has signed a first-look deal with Lionsgate to produce feature films through his Vista Lane Pictures banner.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Pennon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pennon. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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