flare
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But he makes the point that everyone's skin is individual and that "some people may find that other things flare up their skin".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The case was a flare in the night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The predicted flare can then become fainter with each encounter, matching what astronomers have seen.
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
They blazed brighter than any sun, and a giant flare exploded silently just above the stage.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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And on Tuesday Denmark also accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at one of its helicopters while it was tracking the vessel in the Baltic Sea.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Denmark and Russia were at a war of words Tuesday after Danish authorities accused a Russian frigate of firing flares at a Danish military helicopter.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Huge numbers with flares gathered outside the ground, heeding a call from the 1958 Group, before making their way through the Munich tunnel under the stadium.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The power flares out when Lou is in a Zoom meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
She had counted forty-nine flares when she thought she heard movement at the bottom of the tree.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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Zips were used to modulate the length of skirts, they ran across leather jackets and down a flared blue pair of trousers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Indonesia’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged Wednesday, assessing the impact of rupiah-support measures as currency risks flared again.
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
The latest escalation in fighting flared last week, following a month of relative calm.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Its nostrils are flared, showing red, its muzzle straight in the air.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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New heated debates are flaring up across the industry as CEOs, researchers and policymakers grapple with what it means to pace the frontier.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 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
Mama sat up abruptly, her eyes flaring open as she saw out the window.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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