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swastika

[swos-ti-kuh, swas-] / ˈswɒs tɪ kə, ˈswæs- /
NOUN
nazi symbol
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While browsing a map of Madrid from 1940, Mr. Cheshire spotted a stamp in the top-left corner identifying its provenance: a black swastika.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Rep. Dave Taylor responded to reports that a flag bearing a swastika was spotted in his office on Wednesday, calling it “vile and deeply inappropriate.”

From Salon Oct. 15, 2025

Erich Lepier, one of the Pernkopf atlas illustrators, repeatedly included a swastika after the cursive R in his signature.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2024

In very rare circumstances, a German typewriter would be made with a dedicated swastika key, like this one at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2024

Every now and then from a doorway hung a Nazi flag, bright red with a black swastika in a white circle.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, wrote on social media that "multiple synagogues and private homes in Queens were vandalized overnight with swastikas and other antisemitic graffiti."

From Barron's May 4, 2026

The Coast Guard had signed off on a policy on November 13 that downgraded the classification of symbols such as swastikas and nooses, according to a report from the Washington Post.

From Salon Nov. 21, 2025

They seized books ready for distribution that included images of swastikas, iron crosses and other Nazi symbols, an Argentine Federal Police unit said in a statement.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2023

And the ADL said swastikas were more prevalent than in previous years, with the symbols used in 792 acts of vandalism.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2023

Then the American athletes marched down the platform, past a looming black locomotive with swastikas emblazoned on its sides.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown



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