flags

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Small groups of demonstrators, who were waving Kenyan flags, carrying placards and holding a coffin with the word "Ebola" written on the side, were demanding the plan be reversed.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“Red flags emerged over the past month, pointing to a soft patch ahead for the S&P 500 index and for tech,” Subramanian and her team said in a client note.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Crowds waved bouquets and flags before the Chinese leader arrived at the Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang, near giant portraits of the two leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined throngs of devotees waving Spanish and Vatican flags in Cibeles Square for a service filled with religious symbolism.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

There would have been no torchlight parades, no crowds serenading Lincoln at the Executive Mansion, no little children scampering through the streets with little paper flags with red, white, and blue stars and stripes.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson