white flag
noun
1
: a flag of plain white used as a flag of truce or as a token of surrender
2
: a token of weakness or yielding
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More on the child care crisis:Struggling Michigan child care centers wave white flag as state invests in new facilities
Contact Adrienne Roberts: amroberts@freepress.com.
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Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
The parade featured children dressed in polo gear, carrying the green and white flag of Nigeria.
—Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024
Only one was found and freed by the IDF, which later suffered the shame of shooting dead three Israelis who were shirtless and waving a makeshift white flag.
—TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
Mutiny hoists the white flag Mutiny Scratch Kitchen & Fresh Bar is closing in Elkridge, three months after shutting another location in Pasadena.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
Nurse waved the white flag with more than four minutes left in the third quarter, emptying his bench, removing every starter but Embiid, still several points away from his 22nd consecutive 30-point game — the fifth-longest streak in NBA history.
—Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2024
Sirianni waved the white flag and pulled his starters.
—Dan Gelston, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
The Kings waved the white flag when Colby Jones, Mason Jones, Kessler Edwards and JaVale McGee entered the game with their team trailing 114-85 with 5:29 to go.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
The three hostages who were accidentally shot dead by Israeli forces inside Gaza were holding a makeshift white flag when they were killed, a senior Israeli military official said Saturday.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
The parade featured children dressed in polo gear, carrying the green and white flag of Nigeria.
—Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024
Only one was found and freed by the IDF, which later suffered the shame of shooting dead three Israelis who were shirtless and waving a makeshift white flag.
—TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
Mutiny hoists the white flag Mutiny Scratch Kitchen & Fresh Bar is closing in Elkridge, three months after shutting another location in Pasadena.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
Nurse waved the white flag with more than four minutes left in the third quarter, emptying his bench, removing every starter but Embiid, still several points away from his 22nd consecutive 30-point game — the fifth-longest streak in NBA history.
—Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2024
Sirianni waved the white flag and pulled his starters.
—Dan Gelston, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
The Kings waved the white flag when Colby Jones, Mason Jones, Kessler Edwards and JaVale McGee entered the game with their team trailing 114-85 with 5:29 to go.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
The three hostages who were accidentally shot dead by Israeli forces inside Gaza were holding a makeshift white flag when they were killed, a senior Israeli military official said Saturday.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
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“White flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20flag. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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