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flagship

[flag-ship] / ˈflægˌʃɪp /


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The group is also grappling with pressure from activist investors demanding focus on its flagship convenience retail business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Labour's flagship plans to reform special education in England are at risk of unravelling", according to the Guardian.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The 36-year-old fund manager is now facing the possibility of his flagship fund’s first annual loss unless one or more of its biggest investments turn around in the next few months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Radio 4's flagship history, science and culture show, In Our Time, will expand in length, as will Start the Week and Farming Today.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The majority of the French ships made it to Fort Caroline, but on the way, disaster struck when Ribault’s flagship, La Trinité, and three other vessels were caught in a vicious storm and sank.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Many big public flagships are also getting more competitive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Once completed, Trump said the armed vessels would be equipped to carry hypersonic and "extremely lethal" weapons, and would be the flagships of the US Navy.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

From glamorous flagships like the Ace Hotel to locals-only dives like Hank’s, downtown has lost a lot of the places that made it such a compelling place to live and party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025

As many reports have pointed out, PBS and NPR, along with their news flagships, “PBS NewsHour” and “All Things Considered,” will not disappear.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2025

The flagships of those days were large three-deckers, line-of-battleships, such as the Ganges or Sutlej, which would make an ordinary flagship look small.

From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Edgar Fawcett



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