flagpole
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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
This consolidation developed after the stock broke above a bull flag pivot near $20 in March 2024, with the original flagpole rally beginning at the very round $10 level:
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
If you calculate the length of the flagpole to the bottom pennant, as some technicians do, the upside target would be about 7.4%.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
The beagle comes barreling toward me, legs going lickety-split, long ears flopping, tail sticking up like a flagpole.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Interior Department, which oversees the National Park Service, said only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on National Park Service flagpoles, with limited exceptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 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
We were like odd ruined flagpoles, bent double, with our bright clothes flapping.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
