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at half-mast

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at half-mast and at half-staff
[of a flag] halfway up or down its flagpole. The flag was flying at half-mast because the general had died. Americans fly flags at half-staff on Memorial Day.


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11 nears, the Real Estate Board of New York is urging the industry to fly flags at half-mast, wear apple or flag pins and take other measures.
The flags of the Metis Nation of Alberta flew at half-mast May 5 to mark the death of Metis activist and politician August Collins.
 
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