distress flag
Americannoun
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That marked the third distress flag on Kodak earnings this year and caused the company's stock to plunge $8.25 per share in two days.
From Time Magazine Archive
She subsisted on food that floated in from the wreck, until a passing schooner spotted the bright yellow dress she had hoisted as a distress flag.
From Time Magazine Archive
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