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Recent Examples of white flag
And, for the fourth time in the last 12 games, catcher Brett Sullivan — Colorado’s human white flag — was called on to pitch in relief.
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Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
This isn’t waving the white flag, but rather realizing that Time shouldn’t be tempted.
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Candace Buckner,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
Such a nightmare, Sixers head coach Nick Nurse waved the white flag and pulled most of his starting lineup with several minutes remaining in the third quarter.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
The burp in the fuel system and contact with the outside wall slowed Reddick and allowed Hamlin to regain the lead on Lap 265 of 267, but before Hamlin could take the white flag, Ware’s Camaro spun in Turn 4 to cause the only caution of the race for an on-track incident.
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Reid Spencer,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
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Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
This isn’t waving the white flag, but rather realizing that Time shouldn’t be tempted.
—
Candace Buckner,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
Such a nightmare, Sixers head coach Nick Nurse waved the white flag and pulled most of his starting lineup with several minutes remaining in the third quarter.
—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
The burp in the fuel system and contact with the outside wall slowed Reddick and allowed Hamlin to regain the lead on Lap 265 of 267, but before Hamlin could take the white flag, Ware’s Camaro spun in Turn 4 to cause the only caution of the race for an on-track incident.
—
Reid Spencer,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white flag
Noun
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Look out for brown pelicans, tricolor herons, reddish egrets, wood storks, and many other unique species.
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Most recently, a cousin who has the lion and sun flag prominently hanging in his home clashed with her uncle, who supports a blank tricolor flag without the emblem of the pre-revolutionary flag or the Islamic messaging of the current flag.
Noun
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Even his tiny coffin was draped with a union jack.
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Shoppers spend on Oxford Street beneath union jack flags in London’s West End, on April 3.
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