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flagpole

noun as in pole

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I always thought of trees like flagpoles, vertical, not horizontal and beneath us, holding us up.

Other subjects of discussion were the proper length and brand of zip ties for detaining members of Congress and how to use a flagpole and other objects to attack police officers.

Videos show the group pummeling the wood-and-glass doors with a helmet, feet and a flagpole.

One group of officers was left stranded, separated from their riot gear, which sat unused on a parked bus near the Capitol while unprotected officers endured beatings with metal pipes and flagpoles.

Once inside, they used pipes, flagpoles and other weapons to shatter windows and break furniture.

She described the way she and Igor watched the Donetsk flag go up and down the flagpole in front of their window.

Then the huddles break, and the 200 or so children join hands in a ring around the flagpole.

The knots were so plentiful that the thread stood up like a gnarled flagpole.

Mrs. Noah turned pale and the Weathercock shifted about uneasily on the top of the flagpole.

"Someone has been making a flagpole," said the Angel, running the toe of her shoe around the stump, evidently made that season.

I painted a flagpole on a barn up in Massachusetts where there was four hundred dollars in gold hidden under the weather-vane.

Then it took a long jump straight down Wall Street, smashed a flagpole to slivers, and vanished.

And so you walk right up the building or church or flagpole, and the smoother the surface the easier you go up.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flagpole, such as: beam, leg, mast, rod, stick, and extremity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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