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flare

[flair] / flɛər /


VERB
spread
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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BOJ policymakers worry that a soft yen could magnify Japan’s energy bill as Middle East hostilities flare again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

From some angles the jets appeared very close to the roof of the DHL Stadium as they roared over amid coloured flare smoke.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The implications may extend beyond distant repeating flare systems.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Left tackle Rashawn Slater is dealing with a flare up of his surgically repaired knee and missed practices this week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

His nostrils flare, he licks his lips, and he exhales.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

Though he claims to have mellowed some after years of therapy, his mega-temper still flares if you double-cross or cheap out on a client or a colleague.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The frigate had fired "two flares towards the helicopter. One of the flares passed at close range to the helicopter," it added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Examples include solar flares, which are intense bursts of radiation.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

If so, the same mechanism that may explain fading rpTDE flares could also help astronomers understand some of the unusual stellar populations surrounding the black hole in what Coughlin calls "our own cosmological backyard."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

“So the sun flares and then the darts from the Berg?”

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

More recently, in Moss Landing, Calif., where a 2025 lithium-ion battery-plant fire flared up this month, residents criticized CTEH’s air-monitoring findings last year of no hazardous levels of chemicals or threat to public health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

But tensions flared back up later in the month after disputes over alternative shipping channels and alleged U.S. bypass moves.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Tensions over Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, have flared since Dans returned to the Arctic commission.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Fighting flared in July when the Houthis, who have for years controlled swathes of northern Yemen, launched a large-scale offensive against Yemeni government forces.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Llewelyn’s nose flared in Danny and Glory’s direction.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

To separate the true signals from the effects of stellar flaring, the team developed specialized calibration methods.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

Skepticism surrounding high levels of AI spending are also flaring up again, Reynolds noted.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

But if you run on the colder side, she also features flaring long-sleeve jerseys that range between off the shoulder and a collared neckline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

He felt it flaring as he went down Parker Head, and flaring again when he passed Mrs. Hurd’s empty house, and flaring when he passed First Congregational and climbed the porch steps to his house.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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