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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Fifty white flags were stained with reddish earth retrieved from each American state, with the intention of highlighting what unifies the fractious nation, not what divides it.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Houston waved the white flag early in the final period, emptying its bench with just under eight minutes to play.
—Sam Warren, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
But no matter how many times the story is rewritten, there is little truth in the popular version of events that Keegan’s words transmitted anxiety to his players, reduced them to nervous wrecks and created the meltdown that ended with the white flag of surrender.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Therefore, to move Powell without Herro being up to speed would be the Heat waving the white flag on White Hot Playoffs.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Houston waved the white flag early in the final period, emptying its bench with just under eight minutes to play.
—Sam Warren, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
But no matter how many times the story is rewritten, there is little truth in the popular version of events that Keegan’s words transmitted anxiety to his players, reduced them to nervous wrecks and created the meltdown that ended with the white flag of surrender.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Therefore, to move Powell without Herro being up to speed would be the Heat waving the white flag on White Hot Playoffs.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
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“White flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20flag. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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