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After racing resumed under a green flag, there were only four laps left and Rosenqvist had sunk to third.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
A golf cart will take a beeline to her Chevrolet Camaro in time for the green flag.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
The PEG ratio for tech is now below that of the global aggregate market, another green flag for budding “valuation opportunities.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
Each year, Bani Walid celebrates the anniversary of a 1969 coup that brought Gaddafi to power, with people parading through the streets with portraits of the ex-leader and Libya's green flag from before the revolt.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
His visitors might have observed, too, the green flag which tlew from the masthead.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
“Are they scrappy? Yes. Are they all working in bombed-out buildings with pliers found on the side of the road? No,” said Justin Zeefe, a founding partner at Los Angeles- and Kyiv-based Green Flag Ventures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
Direct Line owns the Churchill and Green Flag brands, as well as its namesake brand as part of a portfolio offering car, pet, home and other insurance policies.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
The number of parks and green spaces awarded Green Flag status has risen by more than a half in a year.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2014
Green Flag reminds us that anyone driving in France is already required to carry a warning triangle and a fluorescent safety vest.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2012
Then fling your Green Flag to the sky.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
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