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swastika

[swos-ti-kuh, swas-] / ˈswɒs tɪ kə, ˈswæs- /
NOUN
nazi symbol
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The shoot for the upcoming movie Operation Fortitude would have involved draping the building in flags bearing the swastika.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2026

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

The manji symbol, which resembles a swastika, faces the opposite direction.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2024

Yet the majority of hate-crime offenders don’t fit the stereotype of the squinting, bristle-headed loner with a swastika tattoo or a Confederate flag T-shirt.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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

“He came by the office and assured us that there is an across-the-board prohibition on hate symbols, including swastikas and nooses,” Underwood said in a video on X.

From Salon Nov. 21, 2025

In the same way, the museum has rearranged a pile of captured Nazi banners to obscure the swastikas.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2024

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

Does it make me a bad person that I find their sympathy almost as upsetting as the swastikas that bring it on?

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman



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