flagpole
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On June 27, 2015, an activist named Bree Newsome climbed the 30-foot flagpole outside the South Carolina State House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
And Trump has feuded with the agency over, among other things, a 70-foot-tall flagpole erected on his Rancho Palos Verdes golf course without a permit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The flagpole phase began with consecutive doji candles on March 12 and 13, signaling indecision before momentum resumed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The 10-year chart shows the flagpole being about 4.5 percentage points in height.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
As she spoke, she swung her lasso round and round, eyeing the flagpole that jutted out from the tower wall high above them, the Institute’s red flag rippling gently beneath it.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
They can be found planting trees, pulling weeds, painting flagpoles and picking up cigarette butts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
As he admired his flagpoles, he admitted that he wouldn’t know what he would do until “a second before the deadline.”
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025
Under new rules, Harrison said the Union flag and the county council's own flag would fly permanently on two of the three flagpoles outside County Hall.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
Last year, some county lifeguard stations didn’t fly the Pride flags because they didn’t have the right flagpoles to hold both that flag and the U.S. flag, according to the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
“As we approached,” reported Pash, “pillowcases, sheets, towels and other white articles attached to flagpoles, broomsticks and window shutters flew the message of surrender.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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