black flag
Example Sentences
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The group's red and black flag is often used by Ukrainian troops on the front line today.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
An AFP journalist at the northern Islam Qala border crossing saw the Iranian flag completely lowered, and a black flag raised.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
Chapman scrambled to the officials’ stand, pleading with Chief Steward Harlan Fengler to put out a black flag for Jones, calling him to the pits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
But the black flag isn’t a call for war, and neither the flag’s text nor the shrine’s statement about the banner references the coming of the Mahdi or the end of time.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
From here, callers announced new voyages and arrivals of inventory, or hung the black flag that indicated that a ship had been lost at sea with all its cargo.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
