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Recent Examples of semaphore
These are movies written in flag language, semaphore that can be read clearly from a great distance.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
25 Nov. 2024
Telegraph Hill itself was named after the semaphore station built on top of it in 1850 to signal that ships had arrived.
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Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Feb. 2023
Her eyes blaze, her dancing reads as semaphore; a feeling of overkill, unsettling but necessary, pervades her every move.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harper’s Magazine ,
18 Jan. 2022
The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized.
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Jacek Krywko,
Ars Technica,
2 Oct. 2020
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Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
25 Nov. 2024
Telegraph Hill itself was named after the semaphore station built on top of it in 1850 to signal that ships had arrived.
—
Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Feb. 2023
Her eyes blaze, her dancing reads as semaphore; a feeling of overkill, unsettling but necessary, pervades her every move.
—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper’s Magazine ,
18 Jan. 2022
The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized.
—
Jacek Krywko,
Ars Technica,
2 Oct. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semaphore
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Instead, the swift decisions by Johnson and the signaler enabled the train to be stopped at Huntingdon; the next opportunity would have been a station seven minutes further down the line.
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And while the country’s current fuel shortage is painfully real, it should not be mistaken for a white flag.
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According to the volunteer, Niemann got angry after NOT getting fire ant relief, kicked a white flag, kicked some sand, and then proceeded to launch his iron into the fescue area.
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Look out for brown pelicans, tricolor herons, reddish egrets, wood storks, and many other unique species.
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Most recently, a cousin who has the lion and sun flag prominently hanging in his home clashed with her uncle, who supports a blank tricolor flag without the emblem of the pre-revolutionary flag or the Islamic messaging of the current flag.
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The scent of burning resin wafts through the air, and ambient music follows you around the property, matching the vibe of the day from sunrise to sunset.
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There was a sense of endings at St James’ Park; not definitive, not complete, but persuasive, a final home game for Kieran Trippier as a Newcastle player, and a feeble waft of farewell in the colour of claret.
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The sixth-year coach locks his eyes on the man’s shirt and sees a Carolina Panthers insignia.
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The event has been held annually since 1948, and at the annual service, the sovereign invests any new Companions with the Order's insignia in the Throne Room of Windsor Castle.
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And in many Indigenous societies, the color, length, and placement of fringe acted as a coat of arms, signifying one’s family, tribe, or position in the community.
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The food is much better on papal flights with special menus printed with the pope’s coat of arms, which also adorn the head rests.
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From the peaks of the Sahyadri mountains, crests of the Western Ghats which loom dramatically above us, the Vavali stream flows down to the lake-like Pawna reservoir.
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Behind the judge’s chair hung a massive crest of an eagle with wings spread, its fierce beak turned stage right.
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Even his tiny coffin was draped with a union jack.
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“Semaphore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semaphore. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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