flagpole
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However, footage of the victory ceremony afterwards showed ceremonial officials struggling to raise South Korea's flag on the flagpole, sparking boos from Korean fans.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The person was “armed” with a large flagpole and an unknown cylindrical object, the chief said, and was taken into custody after refusing officers’ commands to drop the items.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
The 10-year chart shows the flagpole being about 4.5 percentage points in height.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
What more could he ask for, but this — the late-day sun gilding the top of his new store gold as the knob of a flagpole.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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Banned items include weapons, fireworks, flares, gas canisters, laser pens, camping chairs, umbrellas, flagpoles, air horns, megaphones, nitrous oxide, and excessive food and cigarettes security would think was more than "personal use".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
The Interior Department, which oversees the National Park Service, said at the time that only the U.S. flag and other specially authorized flags can be flown on the park service’s flagpoles, with limited exceptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 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
“Camping World has a habit of installing flagpoles that are quite large in size, but they do it without pulling permits on numerous occasions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
I had never seen the flagpoles before, nor the front of the theatre.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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