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Recent Examples of white flag
Franco Colapinto was coming behind Gasly and was met with a white flag rather than a yellow flag.
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Midway through the fourth quarter and trailing by nearly 20, Nakase waved the white flag and emptied the Valkyries’ bench.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The Qatari prime minister sat across from Hamas’ chief negotiator, Khalil Al-Hayya, under the maroon-and-white flag of the Gulf nation on Monday evening.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Plough isn’t waving a white flag here.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Midway through the fourth quarter and trailing by nearly 20, Nakase waved the white flag and emptied the Valkyries’ bench.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The Qatari prime minister sat across from Hamas’ chief negotiator, Khalil Al-Hayya, under the maroon-and-white flag of the Gulf nation on Monday evening.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Plough isn’t waving a white flag here.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white flag
Noun
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Lemmon takes on the sheer look in a diaphanous black silk organza skirt and jacket layered over the tricolor, while Jacobson leaves her suit jacket open to show off an ab-baring cropped button-down and midi skirt.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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Speaking of South Africa, harlequin flower (Sparaxis tricolor) is another cormaceous plant from that part of the world.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shoppers spend on Oxford Street beneath union jack flags in London’s West End, on April 3.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
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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.—
Roxanne Adamiyatt,
Town & Country,
7 May 2023
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“White flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20flag. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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