flagpole

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The rioter who received the longest sentence so far — 10 years in prison — was a retired New York City police officer who used a metal flagpole to assault an officer.

From Seattle Times

The story placed nude running in the category of campus high jinks, such as goldfish eating and flagpole sitting, but also mentioned a more political aspect.

From Washington Post

The protesters climbed on top of a rock foundation in the middle of a traffic circle where there was a flagpole, trying to raise the red-green-and-black Afghan flag.

From Los Angeles Times

City lights twinkled; only the clinking of the flag’s metal halyard against the flagpole broke the silence.

From Los Angeles Times

Gonell described the fury as being like a medieval battlefield, with officers engaged in hand-to-hand combat and the attackers armed with flagpoles, clubs, hockey sticks, bear spray and other crude weapons.

From Washington Post