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- noun Plural form of
flagpole .
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Examples
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To establish Canadian sovereignty, the government uprooted communities and relocated them to the high Arctic to act as "human flagpoles."
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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Running position papers up flagpoles to determine which focus groups salute.
Will Durst: America: You're Fired! Will Durst 2011
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Other signs of IEDs include stones, flagpoles and different markers that locals sometimes use to highlight where they have seen IEDs being planted.
U.K.'s 3-D Imaging Gets a Look in Libya Alistair MacDonald 2011
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Some yards sported tall white flagpoles flying American and black POW flags.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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"I didn't even know that they were beating me with flagpoles and sticks because I couldn't even feel that," Logan told Pelley.
Danielle Berrin: Women and War Zones: Lessons From the Rape of Lara Logan Danielle Berrin 2011
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Teaching evolution in schools and banning prayer around flagpoles?
No Joy in Wingnuttia 2009
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The flagpoles in the square bent, people toppled over, and the priests did somersaults with their robes and adornments flapping around their necks.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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The flagpoles in the square bent, people toppled over, and the priests did somersaults with their robes and adornments flapping around their necks.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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Hang the UN OFP thieves from their respective flagpoles as a warning?
Costs of Entrepreneurship, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Middle-aged men wearing bespoke suits walked around clutching bags from Patchi, the upscale chocolatier, and passing out flagpoles.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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