Examples of flagman in a Sentence
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The most common ones waved by the flagman are:
Green flag: Used to start or restart a race.
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Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Manuel Leon of Fallbrook was working as a traffic flagman at a work site on Cool Valley Road, a few miles west of Harrah’s Resort Southern California, when an eastbound Toyota Corolla hit him shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office and California Highway Patrol.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
Current safety guidelines rely on communications and shared information between operators, rail operations controllers and, sometimes, flagmen posted on station platforms ahead of a work zone.
—Justin George, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
Contractors, flagmen and message boards will be used when roads have to be closed temporarily.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2023
The current warning system is built on communication between controllers, operators and often flagmen.
—Justin George, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
She was booked on suspicion of negligently operating a vehicle resulting in serious bodily injury, and failure to obey a flagman.
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
The flagman’s job was to warn train operators to watch for work crews ahead who were replacing platforms and working on the line.
—Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
One flagman near Granger was found dead, and another man was found on the track unconscious and badly frozen.
—Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2019
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Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Manuel Leon of Fallbrook was working as a traffic flagman at a work site on Cool Valley Road, a few miles west of Harrah’s Resort Southern California, when an eastbound Toyota Corolla hit him shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office and California Highway Patrol.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
Current safety guidelines rely on communications and shared information between operators, rail operations controllers and, sometimes, flagmen posted on station platforms ahead of a work zone.
—Justin George, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
Contractors, flagmen and message boards will be used when roads have to be closed temporarily.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2023
The current warning system is built on communication between controllers, operators and often flagmen.
—Justin George, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
She was booked on suspicion of negligently operating a vehicle resulting in serious bodily injury, and failure to obey a flagman.
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
The flagman’s job was to warn train operators to watch for work crews ahead who were replacing platforms and working on the line.
—Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
One flagman near Granger was found dead, and another man was found on the track unconscious and badly frozen.
—Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2019
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“Flagman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagman. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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flagman
noun
flag·man
ˈflag-mən 
: a person who signals with or as if with a flag
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