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Recent Examples of burgee
One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac.
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Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgee
Noun
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These are movies written in flag language, semaphore that can be read clearly from a great distance.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
25 Nov. 2024
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With paint on fabric that is somewhere between a painting and semaphore, another theme is spelled out at the back of the room: tartan.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
Noun
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It was replaced with the Russian tricolor flag following the collapse of the Soviet Union and its communist system.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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The winner of best rap album wore a custom wool corset dress in a dark grey pinstripe, accented with exaggerated hips and tricolor lacing, all over the label’s classic white oxford shirt, a grey pinstripe wool tie and platform penny loafers.—
Laurie Brookins,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Detectives found a Ka-Bar brand leather knife sheath that included the U.S. Marine Corps stamped insignia at the crime scene in Moscow next to one of the victims and later discovered DNA on its button snap, according to a probable cause affidavit.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Mar. 2025
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For the smiley insignia here is the mark of notorious Happy Face serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The smell of burning cedar and mesquite waft through the grounds.—
Patty Hodapp,
Outside Online,
5 Feb. 2024
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And one last time before parting, the sweet notes of a flute waft through the air.—
Ross Peleh,
NPR,
25 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Chelsea sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships, have maintained throughout that the club’s crest is not going to be replaced by this new badge.—
Dan Sheldon,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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In Nevada, the NWS said that snow accumulations up to 2 or possibly 3 feet were expected near the Sierra crest.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Nor are the leaders of Japan and South Korea, which Trump World seemed to think would wave the white flag early and often to avoid the trade war.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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However, Disney isn’t waving the white flag of defeat and says its movie could still pull ahead of Working Man as kids become more available on Saturday.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The front badge is also lighted, while Cadillac’s signature vertical light blades adorn the front and rear.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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In its app, Perfect Game awards digital badges to players whose pitches are in the top velocity percentiles, gamifying a physically risky act and transforming it into bragging rights for teen-age boys.—
Lindsey Adler,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Burgee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgee. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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