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[flag] / flæg /






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That may seem like a small change, but it’s a yellow flag for people who follow these things closely.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

"As a medical specialist, I would always say bloating is my red flag feature," she said.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

I suspect that the detector would flag the most uninvolved “Write this for me” slop but not the text that involves a lot of human molding.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

He sees a future where the company will flag in advance that your flight is likely to be delayed because of storms, then offers another itinerary.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The day dawned clear, but by the time I got the flag set a cold mist had drifted across the island.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Soon after Arday was hired at Cambridge, a retired British professor called David Harris read Arday’s work and flagged a series of apparent errors, which appeared to include passages taken from other works without citation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The US president's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner this week flagged "very positive and active conversations".

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

On the earnings call, Cerebras flagged that it was continuing to work on scaling wafer supply, manufacturing capacity and data-center capacity.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

The trend in younger and younger children becoming a cause of concern for Prevent has been flagged for years by counter-terrorism policing.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

A policeman flagged us down as we approached.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Ballmer was the perfect deep-pocket partner to fund Catona’s flagging operations and lend legitimacy to Catona’s carbon credit business,” says the amended complaint viewed by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Her efforts led the antivirus software Kaspersky to begin flagging the tools known as stalkerware as a privacy threat to its customers instead of labeling it as benign.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

AI can be especially adept at flagging potential rare and hard-to-diagnose diseases, which may otherwise go undetected for years because doctors don’t often see them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

"But that does not mean anything if Croatia does not have the capacity," Fugas said, flagging the necessary pipeline upgrade for any new demand.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the “ting” of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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