flagpole

noun

flag·pole ˈflag-ˌpōl

: a pole on which to raise a flag

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Kells now does about 80% of their climbing, including a job at the Giants’ ballpark that required fixing a flagpole rope on top of the huge scoreboard behind center field. —

Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024 The movie is also set to star Paul Dooley, John Amos and Barry Corbin as a group of veterans who compete in a game of capture the flag for the honor of being the one to raise the flag up the flagpole in their community each morning. —

Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024 The flagpole was the meeting point for protests; the trees were the party jump-off. —

Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 The Mexican American students of Blackwell School were marched to the flagpole, kicking up clouds of dirt along the school's barren grounds in Marfa, Texas. —

Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flagpole