flag-waving
noun
flag-wav·ing
ˈflag-ˌwā-viŋ 
: passionate appeal to patriotic or partisan sentiment : chauvinism
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The return of the remains Thursday had set off a nationwide outpouring of grief as flag-waving crowds lined highways on a rainy day to pay their respects to a convoy carrying the coffins and thousands packed a Tel Aviv square in an emotional nighttime vigil.
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Melanie Lidman, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Under overcast skies, flag-waving Israelis paid their respects as vehicles carrying the four coffins transported them from Gaza to a Tel Aviv forensics lab for positive identification.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2025
The moment Sosa truly arrived was not during the choreographed, flag-waving introduction on Friday or during Saturday’s podcast interview with future Marquee Network analyst-in-training Ian Happ.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Awards, there was backlash to her supposedly wading outside her genre and into the boot-stomping, flag-waving — very white — world of country.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Melanie Lidman, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Under overcast skies, flag-waving Israelis paid their respects as vehicles carrying the four coffins transported them from Gaza to a Tel Aviv forensics lab for positive identification.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2025
The moment Sosa truly arrived was not during the choreographed, flag-waving introduction on Friday or during Saturday’s podcast interview with future Marquee Network analyst-in-training Ian Happ.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Awards, there was backlash to her supposedly wading outside her genre and into the boot-stomping, flag-waving — very white — world of country.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Flag-waving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag-waving. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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