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a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
the stadium was festooned with pennants from past championships
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Recent Examples of pennant
The Giants have won 39 pennants and 22 Japan World Series overall.
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Chuck Murr, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Out-of-towners streamed in by train and Model-Ts, packing hotels draped with bunting and pennants of the two storied rivals.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024
Kershaw was the bona fide ace of a Los Angeles Dodgers team that had won an MLB-high 104 games and its first pennant since 1988.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2024
The Dodgers lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 and can wrap up the NL pennant by winning Games 4 and 5 here Thursday and Friday nights.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Chuck Murr, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Out-of-towners streamed in by train and Model-Ts, packing hotels draped with bunting and pennants of the two storied rivals.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024
Kershaw was the bona fide ace of a Los Angeles Dodgers team that had won an MLB-high 104 games and its first pennant since 1988.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2024
The Dodgers lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 and can wrap up the NL pennant by winning Games 4 and 5 here Thursday and Friday nights.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Pennant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pennant. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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