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  1. half-mast, half-staffnoun

    a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress

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  1. halfway

    (of a flag) in or to a position halfway down the pole, usually as an expression of public sadness:

    flags at some buildings were flown half-staff.

    Submitted by anonymous on June 18, 2020  

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  1. John Boehner:

    Out of respect for their courageous service and sacrifice to our nation, flags at the U.S. Capitol are being lowered to half-staff.

  2. Baldwin County Commissioner Tucker Dorsey:

    I am of the opinion, by reading the flag code of the United States, that while my heart certainly goes out to the victims and their families…it doesn’t meet the test of the reason for the flag to be lowered to half-staff.

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