white flag
noun
1
: a flag of plain white used as a flag of truce or as a token of surrender
2
: a token of weakness or yielding
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With the wave of a figurative white flag, could gentle parenting be moving to the fringes of the parenting zeitgeist alongside helicopter and snowplow parenting — philosophies that encouraged parents to hover over their child and remove all obstacles from their path?
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Lynda Lin Grigsby, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
According to one account, Little Thunder approached Harney holding an umbrella as a makeshift white flag.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
With the Red Sox trailing the Yankees two games to none in the ALCS and down by a handful of runs in the fourth inning, manager Terry Francona waved the white flag and asked swingman Tim Wakefield to wear it for the bullpen in what turned out to be a 19-8 loss.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
It’s been just over six months to the day J. Cole waved the white flag at his Dreamville Festival to withdraw from the Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024
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Lynda Lin Grigsby, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
According to one account, Little Thunder approached Harney holding an umbrella as a makeshift white flag.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
With the Red Sox trailing the Yankees two games to none in the ALCS and down by a handful of runs in the fourth inning, manager Terry Francona waved the white flag and asked swingman Tim Wakefield to wear it for the bullpen in what turned out to be a 19-8 loss.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
It’s been just over six months to the day J. Cole waved the white flag at his Dreamville Festival to withdraw from the Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024
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“White flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20flag. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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