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But Apple’s “go-slow” strategy comes in handy on days when investor concerns about AI overspending flare up, insulating the stock from downturns that hit the semiconductor space.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
"At first glance, it may seem under control, but it can flare up again because it re-emerges, sometimes from great depths," explained regional government spokesperson Stephanie Ernoux.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
These measurements were then compared with disease activity and flare outcomes recorded during each visit.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Once there's enough energy wound up in the higher layers, it can then be released, as a flare or what's known as a coronal mass ejection," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Now he saw it was a strange beauty—something carved and still about the face, especially around the inclined planes of her cheekbones, with a wild flare to the nostrils, and a full, glistening rosebud mouth.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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“Ever since, we’ve been crossing our fingers and knocking on wood and sending up flares to the Booker gods, and sent the book to the printer a little earlier than usual just in case.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It’s been another choppy week in markets, featuring a rebound in the artificial-intelligence trade, highly divergent share-price reactions to big tech earnings, and more volatility in oil as the U.S.-Iran war flares up again.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
This releases flares that train the immune system to track down and kill cancer cells hiding around the body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
He was met with a crowd of supporters carrying flares and banners as he left the French Football Federation's headquarters on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The flares were kept where the aircrew could reach them, and their explosions told Larisa that the flames had already reached the cockpits of the burning Po-2.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Ohtani also mentioned earlier this week that his biceps problem, which flared for the second time this season during his last at-bat July 3, has not completely subsided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Tension flared in the 40th minute when two opposing players confronted each other after a shirt-tugging incident, with other players rushed to join in the confrontation.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The jump tracked a renewed run-up in energy prices as conflict has flared again in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Tensions flared last Thursday, starting in a courtroom and ending in the Avenal Elementary School cafeteria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It look forever to find it again; to hit the flint against the strike-fire, and shower sparks on the little pile of yew bark shavings in his hand, but at last the rushlight flared.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Reaching the semi-finals came at a price, though, with his arm injury flaring up again at Wimbledon and leaving Draper "devastated" at having to pull out of his home Grand Slam.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Producers are paying other companies to take it away, flaring it or simply releasing the potent greenhouse gas into the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“It was flaring up, wasn’t recovering — however you want to word it,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
To separate the true signals from the effects of stellar flaring, the team developed specialized calibration methods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Of course, Hina,” my dad says softly, attempting again to soothe the flaring tempers.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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