white 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. — Mark Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 Brind'Amour even appeared to wave the white flag by removing goalie Frederik Andersen and replacing him with Bussi. — CBS News, 15 June 2026 Brind’Amour even appeared to wave the white flag by removing goalie Frederik Andersen and replacing him with Bussi. — ABC News, 14 June 2026 Off his left is the current blue, red, and white flag that the country has been flying since 1992. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for white flag
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  1. tricolor
  2. union jack
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  • The French tricolor is everywhere — in sidewalk cafes and bars, and the hundreds of fan zones set up in cities and small towns around France.
    — Eva van Dam, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Look out for brown pelicans, tricolor herons, reddish egrets, wood storks, and many other unique species.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
Definition of tricolor
Noun
  • Even his tiny coffin was draped with a union jack.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Shoppers spend on Oxford Street beneath union jack flags in London’s West End, on April 3.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Definition of union jack

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