flags

Example Sentences

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If the IRS flags the return for inspection, the taxpayer is on their own.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Pro-government demonstrators took to the streets after the cease-fire announcement, waving flags and chanting slogans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Reaching the summit after several hours, they stayed only long enough to take pictures and plant flags as 50-mph winds whipped around them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

If CPI data show a biting price-spike, that will be among the first major red flags for the U.S. economy, which could trigger a spiral in stocks as long as the conflict stretches on.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Excited people in the stands, waving banners and flags.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes