Stars and Stripes
Example Sentences
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Sixty-seven years ago this month, the stars and stripes did indeed fly over my own birth chamber in Michigan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 4, 2025
Trump: "We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars."
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025
"Whenever you get to wear the red, white, and blue and stars and stripes, there's a different meaning to it," said Korda.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024
One man wore a red T-shirt with Trout’s name in stars and stripes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024
There would have been no torchlight parades, no crowds serenading Lincoln at the Executive Mansion, no little children scampering through the streets with little paper flags with red, white, and blue stars and stripes.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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