red rag

Example Sentences

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“Azov was like a red rag for them,” he said.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Is this a red rag to a bull, an invitation to Salah to set the record straight?

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2018

Such an agreement would be far simpler, limited largely to tariff reduction, and would not be known as “TTIP”, a red rag to anti-globalisation protesters.

From Reuters • May 16, 2018

When John Grobler passed through town in late April, Leila lay huddled, half-starved in a smudge of shade, with a dirty red rag as a collar and eyes as empty as the abandoned cages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2017

Out of the side window I point to a faded red rag tied to a stick and what appears to be a driveway, overgrown with weeds.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline