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Recent Examples of burgee
One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac.
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Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgee
Noun
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But even for an expert, fluency in the complex language of corner semaphore isn’t an essential for youngsters enjoying the game at grassroots level.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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Frustrated, Dad would wave his arms semaphore style in these dreams.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One Venezuelan attendee, Víctor Jiménez, 58, who described himself as a businessman, was the only person visibly displaying Venezuelan symbols, wearing a tricolor hat and carrying a Venezuelan flag.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Flowing from the roof to the street was the massive tricolor flag that revolutionaries had hung on liberation day.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That man did not have any insignia identifying him as an ICE agent.—
Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The latest to take up an insignia is Nicole Kidman, star of Prime Video’s new eight-part Patricia Cornwell adaptation, Scarpetta.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Jonesploitation movies are in keeping with Margheriti’s general modus operandi for most of his career, which was to ride the crest of whatever trend was successful in the moment and feed the audience’s appetite for more.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Mar. 2026
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The more subtle navy blue jersey has a repeating star pattern with red piping that wraps from the shoulders to the side, a metallic silver USA crest and a matching Nike swoosh.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Banana pudding wafts with the green vanilla notes of pandan.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
24 Mar. 2026
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Losing the Great Salt Lake would therefore have dire economic consequences for the region, in addition to health threats as dust laden with heavy metals wafts off the lake bed and into neighborhoods.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The two colors in her eternity band served as a sweet homage to Monaco’s red-and-white flag.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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Mazzulla waved the white flag just past the midway point of the fourth quarter, sending in deep reserves Luka Garza and Dalano Banton to close out the game.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Sidewalks, restaurants, hotels and coffee shops were packed with technology industry workers draped in the bright green badge lanyards from the five-day event.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The people who get the most out of it — badge or not — are the ones willing to follow a tip, wait something out or pivot quickly when plans fall through.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Burgee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgee. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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