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Recent Examples of semaphoreHer eyes blaze, her dancing reads as semaphore; a feeling of overkill, unsettling but necessary, pervades her every move.—Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 It’s not a sentimental picture, but the gestures are intuitive, eloquent, easily read—an elemental semaphore of the human capacity to comfort.—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021 Predictably, this area was a resource locked with a mutex semaphore.—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 The dollar, which has fallen by 6% against a basket of currencies since March, is usually part of the semaphore.—The Economist, 11 June 2020 See All Example Sentences for semaphore
After Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal on Friday denied the city’s request for a rehearing in an election lawsuit brought by mayoral candidate Emilio González, the city officials who pushed for the change are waving the white flag.
Its wings may be missing, but with its body decked out in period Air France livery, with a chrome-effect undercarriage, gleaming white roof, winged seahorse logo and French tricolor flag, the Comet is an eye-catching sight.
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CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
The Mexican tricolor flew again, this time joined by the flags of El Salvador, Guatemala and other Latin American countries.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2025
Shoppers spend on Oxford Street beneath union jack flags in London’s West End, on April 3.
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Ian King,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
In line with the Princess of Wales' attire, the Duchess of Edinburgh also donned a blue and red cape over her gown, a nod to the colors of the union jack.
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