black flag

Example Sentences

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An AFP journalist at the northern Islam Qala border crossing saw the Iranian flag completely lowered, and a black flag raised.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

"Their hearts must have sunk seeing this black flag against the whiteness of Antarctica," said David Waterhouse, curator of the polar museum at SPRI.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

The sky was a black flag at first light.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

But the black flag isn’t a call for war, and neither the flag’s text nor the shrine’s statement about the banner references the coming of the Mahdi or the end of time.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

There’s a certain black flag flown from a certain window.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez