Thesaurus results for WHITE FLAG

white flag

noun

as in black flag

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Recent Examples of white flag But then, with one lap to go and the white flag already out, his Open-car competitor Corey LaJoie spun out, and instead of braking and avoiding the carnage, Mears smashed his foot on the pedal and zoomed ahead of LaJoie before the caution came out. —

Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026 Houston waved the white flag early in the final period, emptying its bench with just under eight minutes to play. —

Sam Warren, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026 But no matter how many times the story is rewritten, there is little truth in the popular version of events that Keegan’s words transmitted anxiety to his players, reduced them to nervous wrecks and created the meltdown that ended with the white flag of surrender. —

Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026 Therefore, to move Powell without Herro being up to speed would be the Heat waving the white flag on White Hot Playoffs. —

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for white flag

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Noun

One Venezuelan attendee, Víctor Jiménez, 58, who described himself as a businessman, was the only person visibly displaying Venezuelan symbols, wearing a tricolor hat and carrying a Venezuelan flag.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Flowing from the roof to the street was the massive tricolor flag that revolutionaries had hung on liberation day.

— Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026