red flag

Example Sentences

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Jersey's children's commissioner says a quarter of children in Jersey being in poverty "is a huge red flag for any society".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

If your sketchy adviser suggested paying the tax for the conversion out of the $1 million itself, I’d raise another red flag.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

That was a huge red flag for me that we had to dig deeper.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

"We see the official holding the red flag which means the track was not safe but we also see that the train did not stop or slow down, causing the crash," Siam said.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Since Communists rallied around a red flag, the nickname “Reds” became attached to them, and the Red Scare got its name.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler