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black flag

noun as in Jolly Roger

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Militants no longer wear uniforms or carry their trademark black flags.

"Their hearts must have sunk seeing this black flag against the whiteness of Antarctica," said David Waterhouse, curator of the polar museum at SPRI.

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Fadi promises a photo shoot with black balaclavas, guns and black flags.

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The sky was a black flag at first light.

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The FBI has said the black flag of the Islamic State group was found inside the vehicle which ploughed into partygoers, along with two suspected improvised explosive devices discovered nearby.

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

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