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The papal flag was positioned in the entryway to the campus center, the flagpole placed on the school's logo.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
The state faithfully kept the 30-by-50-foot flag flying on its 200-foot flagpole, replacing it several times a year as the wind ripped the fabric.
—David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2025
That is: the flagpole will turn, and the force of the air being squirted from its top will be adjustable.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
O'Keefe was found by a flagpole near the home of Boston police officer Brian Albert.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 May 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
The state faithfully kept the 30-by-50-foot flag flying on its 200-foot flagpole, replacing it several times a year as the wind ripped the fabric.
—David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2025
That is: the flagpole will turn, and the force of the air being squirted from its top will be adjustable.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
O'Keefe was found by a flagpole near the home of Boston police officer Brian Albert.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 May 2025
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“Flagpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagpole. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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flagpole
noun
flag·pole
ˈflag-ˌpōl 
: a pole from which a flag flies
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