as in flags
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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Wherever 21-year-old Filipina rising star Alexandra Eala plays, a Filipino diaspora packs the stands with flags and Tagalog chants, giving her a home-court edge.
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Other common flags include water retention in the legs and ankles that worsens as the day goes on, persistent fatigue that sleep doesn’t resolve and a tendency to catch colds more frequently than usual.
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In Chicago, playing under the six banners won during a dynasty that ended eight years before he was born, that means something different.
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Counterculture Yippies would turn up at a 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears show at Madison Square Garden, carrying obscene banners outside and dumping manure by the front gate.
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“Pennons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pennons. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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