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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
Johnson played from 1965-78 and was the second baseman for Baltimore teams that won four pennants and two world championships.
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
His Rangers won the World Series only two years ago, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games, his fourth title with two teams plus a National League pennant with another.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Locked in a pennant race with less than a month remaining in the season, getting swept at home by the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates would be a huge setback for the Red Sox.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Beltré played eight seasons for the Rangers, the most out of any team in his 21-year career, making three all-star teams while winning three Silver Slugger Awards, three Golden Gloves and helping lead the Rangers to the 2011 American League pennant.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2025
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
His Rangers won the World Series only two years ago, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games, his fourth title with two teams plus a National League pennant with another.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Locked in a pennant race with less than a month remaining in the season, getting swept at home by the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates would be a huge setback for the Red Sox.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Beltré played eight seasons for the Rangers, the most out of any team in his 21-year career, making three all-star teams while winning three Silver Slugger Awards, three Golden Gloves and helping lead the Rangers to the 2011 American League pennant.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pennant
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Bills punter Cameron Johnston booted the ball away, but a flag was thrown on the play.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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One wears the keffiyeh, the other the rainbow flag, but both share the same contempt for the values of the West.—
Ayaan Hirsi Ali,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Jack Taylor/Getty Images Protesters hold banners and placards during the state visit by the President of the United States of America at Windsor Castle on September 17, 2025 in Windsor, England.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The organization laid the groundwork in 2018 under the same Electric For All banner, but this new iteration is vastly different in scope, tone and timing.—
Stacy Noblet,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Pennant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pennant. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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