white flag

Example Sentences

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In short, they are waving the white flag on the idea of predicting when the war will end and the oil will flow.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Wall Street’s last remaining Seagate bear waved the white flag on his Negative rating earlier this month.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

“We do not like the risk reward that these situations offer, and therefore we put up the white flag and said, ‘we can’t compete in this segment right now,’” Jain said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

But Meals is not one to wave a white flag or call for a helicopter evacuation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

A blue flag and a white flag dropped from the bridge simultaneously.

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