flagging

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He warned that with the economy flagging, there was a strong likelihood that Turkey's political leaders could move towards snap elections in the coming period.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Big banks have already been acquiescing to Musk’s unusual demands, including paying up front for Grok subscriptions, thus juicing SpaceX’s flagging A.I. revenue.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

The Japanese automaker’s profitability declined across all major markets in the year ended March, he says, flagging an urgent need for Toyota to optimize costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Techniques such as “receiver operating characteristic curve analysis” examine how changing the threshold for an alert alters the balance between correctly identifying real events and mistakenly flagging harmless ones.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“You mean—?” I didn’t get a chance to finish the thought, because he was already flagging down a very dazed eighth grade president.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman