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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
Seested attended Club America’s lunchtime debates, which took place in a calculus classroom decorated with University of Florida pennants.
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Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
With a record 27 world championships and 41 American League pennants, the Yankees are expected to at the very least challenge for the World Series title every season.
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Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
But nobody, maybe only Brunson, could match what Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski did in the waning weeks of the 1967 season when the Red Sox, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox were all competing for the American League pennant.
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John Nogowski,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
In 1961, when New York was a one-baseball team after the departure of the Giants and Dodgers, the Yankees had their first parade for winning the 1960 pennant.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
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Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
With a record 27 world championships and 41 American League pennants, the Yankees are expected to at the very least challenge for the World Series title every season.
—
Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
But nobody, maybe only Brunson, could match what Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski did in the waning weeks of the 1967 season when the Red Sox, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox were all competing for the American League pennant.
—
John Nogowski,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
In 1961, when New York was a one-baseball team after the departure of the Giants and Dodgers, the Yankees had their first parade for winning the 1960 pennant.
—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pennant
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For example, one set of flag banners for Argentina and Cape Verde were in Miami at Hard Rock Stadium for Friday’s game while the other set was already en route to Atlanta, where the winner of this match would play next in the Round of 16.
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Inside the building, the rhythm of an African drumbeat pulsated a few rows of the upper deck, the fans there draped by the flag of Ghana.
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The banner was driven from KC to Team Algeria’s base-camp headquarters at the DoubleTree Hotel prior to the team’s departure for Vancouver, Canada.
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On July 1, two people were arrested after reaching the top of the iconic New York City building, displaying a banner and appearing to stage a proposal.
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“Pennant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pennant. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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