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swastika

[swos-ti-kuh, swas-] / ˈswɒs tɪ kə, ˈswæs- /
NOUN
nazi symbol
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While browsing a map of Madrid from 1940, Mr. Cheshire spotted a stamp in the top-left corner identifying its provenance: a black swastika.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Rep. Dave Taylor responded to reports that a flag bearing a swastika was spotted in his office on Wednesday, calling it “vile and deeply inappropriate.”

From Salon Oct. 15, 2025

In 2017, she was interviewed by a local TV station after her school in Kansas was vandalised with a Nazi swastika.

From BBC May 22, 2025

For example, the swastika can be merely a benign ancient Hindu symbol.

From Slate May 28, 2024

When I found that original swastika, I was terrified, almost like I believed it could peel itself off the wall and squeeze the life out of me like a boa constrictor.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, wrote on social media that "multiple synagogues and private homes in Queens were vandalized overnight with swastikas and other antisemitic graffiti."

From Barron's May 4, 2026

“He came by the office and assured us that there is an across-the-board prohibition on hate symbols, including swastikas and nooses,” Underwood said in a video on X.

From Salon Nov. 21, 2025

In the same way, the museum has rearranged a pile of captured Nazi banners to obscure the swastikas.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2024

They seized books ready for distribution that included images of swastikas, iron crosses and other Nazi symbols, an Argentine Federal Police unit said in a statement.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2023

There are no swastikas because Link and Pamela are both gone.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman



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