Thesaurus results for WHITE FLAG

white flag

noun

as in black flag

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Recent Examples of white flag Brind’Amour even appeared to wave the white flag by removing goalie Frederik Andersen and replacing him with Bussi. —

ABC News, 14 June 2026 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. —

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 See All Example Sentences for white flag

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Noun

Look out for brown pelicans, tricolor herons, reddish egrets, wood storks, and many other unique species.

— Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
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.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026