flare

Example Sentences

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After having surgery to remove parts of her womb, she noticed her conditions would flare up more frequently, sometimes leaving her unable to get out of bed.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the Islamic republic had the "necessary will" to end the war, provided its enemies guaranteed it would not flare up again.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“I’ll get a call once a week: ‘Sir, there’s a flare up in the Congo again.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Somewhere deep in the limbic system, a synapse fires like a flare, tracing the old circuitry of migration and memory — that annual pull toward the wide-open deserts of the American Southwest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

But the ground crew below must have heard their engines, because suddenly a firework flare from the airfield burned brightly for a moment to give them an idea where they should land.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein