flagpole

noun

flag·pole ˈflag-ˌpōl

: a pole on which to raise a flag

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On the Battle of Iwo Jima’s fifth day—February 23—Rosenthal observed two Marines attempting to place a 150-pound flagpole atop Mount Suribachi. —

Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024 Troy Koen From: Brownsburg Koen pleaded guilty in November 2024 to assaulting law enforcement officers after investigators say he was seen yanking away a barricade and using a flagpole to jab toward police during the Capitol breach. —

Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024 One house featured an elaborate Halloween display: skeletons lounging in an oak tree; a skeleton scaling a flagpole as if to seize the Texas flag atop it. —

Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024 Others used flagpoles as weapons and pepper and bear spray. —

Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flagpole