flagman
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He was working as a flagman near Zabriskie Point, where road repairs require traffic control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Smith had surged into the lead as the flagman threw the white to signify one lap to go, but it was at the exact moment an 18-truck crash behind him triggered the yellow caution light.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
If the one-lane construction zone was too long for the flagmen to see each other, one handed a flag to the last driver permitted through to give to the other flagman.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
Once the ducks were gathered, the flock flagman led and his helpers with white flags shooed ducks into line at the back and sides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2016
As War Admiral walked to the line alongside the flagman and starter Cassidy, Woolf worked to fray the Triple Crown winner’s famously delicate nerves.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Current safety guidelines rely on communications and shared information between operators, rail operations controllers and, sometimes, flagmen posted on station platforms ahead of a work zone.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
The current warning system is built on communication between controllers, operators and often flagmen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
If the one-lane construction zone was too long for the flagmen to see each other, one handed a flag to the last driver permitted through to give to the other flagman.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
Banks of roses on either side, bridges with piers of bronze, and flagmen clad in cloth-of-gold.
From Around The Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
This envelope of tatters and Slavin's fearful outcries had attracted the attention of flagmen, engineers, and brakemen in the vicinity.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman
