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In American anthem, there is a sentence in the lyric “The flag yet waves”, what does “yet” mean in this sense?
In American anthem, there is a sentence in the lyric “The flag yet waves”, what does “yet” mean in this sense?
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To me, it means "still." Like "yet after all that happened...the flag still waves"
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