flags

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Stalin also urged party workers and supporters to fly black flags at their homes.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

"This is a historic opportunity," he said, flanked by US, Israeli and Lebanese flags, acknowledging the "decades of history" behind the conflict.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 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

Cameras cut to her fans, some of whom were shown sobbing on the jumbotron, wearing traditional Colombian Vueltiao hats and waving their flags with glee.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The older girls and older boys hold up giant balloon pencils, and they give us paper Cuban flags that we twirl around, shouting, “¡Cuba, Cuba, Cuba!”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar