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flare

[flair] / flɛər /


VERB
spread
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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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

That was "the market firing a flare gun over China's next speculative frontier", said Stephen Innes, global strategist at Quintex Intel.

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

The flare arced up into the murk with along whoosh and broke somewhere out over the water in a clouded light and hung there.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

“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

They can produce powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which send energy and charged particles into space.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

The sky was blue with a hint of that burnt orange that had haunted the atmosphere since the devastating sun flares had struck without much warning.

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

Higher gasoline prices as hostilities in the Middle East flared up were the biggest driver of cost pressures, though households also paid more in travel costs, due to a tailwind from the soccer World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

"Yesterday morning it was as calm as it is now, and then it all flared up again in the afternoon," Cereja warned.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Ohtani hasn’t pitched in a game since that July 3 start, when the biceps issue flared in his last at-bat.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

In recent weeks, tensions have flared - with police pinning much of the blame on misinformation online.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Her nostrils flared as she smelled me and the fire and when she was ready—perhaps in half an hour but it seemed like much more—she wheeled, flashed her white tail at me, and disappeared.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

His successor inherits an economy beset by challenges, including fragile growth, flaring inflation and a volatile rupiah.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

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

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

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Oil has been back in the spotlight with Iran tensions flaring back up, but investors are more focused on the start of another crucial quarterly earnings season.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

I wondered if I’d ever be able to be near her without my neck flaring up like a boiling lobster.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya




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