flagging

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Speeding up product-development cycles has been a critical target for Hill, who is trying to revive Nike’s flagging sales in part by getting the company to innovate faster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara has criticised Downing Street for apparently not flagging McSweeney's phone theft to the police as a security risk.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The Fed's 11-1 vote kept rates steady at a range between 3.50 percent and 3.75 percent, with officials flagging one expected rate cut by the end of the year.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Those efforts matter, but flagging suspect bets is not the same as figuring out the facts.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

They were flagging in the rays of the bright sun, winter sun shining in a pale cool sky though it was; their heads were down and their tongues lolling out.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien