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flare

[flair] / flɛər /


VERB
spread
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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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

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

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

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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