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"Once you've got the diagnosis, IBD doesn't go away. Even if you become symptom-free on the current treatments, we know there's a likelihood you're going to have a flare or relapse," said Dr. Samson.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
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
But a flare up of her endometriosis, a condition which sees tissue similar to the lining of the womb grow outside of it, meant she was competing in difficult conditions:
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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
But then a red flare shot up into the misty sky.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
It reports that officials fear complying with such demands could leave the continent "dangerously exposed" if the crisis in the Middle East flares up over the winter.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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
The power flares out when Lou is in a Zoom meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Last season, an Eredivisie match between Ajax and Groningen was abandoned after fireworks and flares were ignited behind one of the goals at Johan Cruyff Arena.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Who had survived the year of hell after the flares ravaged the earth?
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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Tensions over Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, have flared since Dans returned to the Arctic commission.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Yet energy prices flared back up in August after fighting resumed, putting upward pressure on inflation again.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The latest escalation in fighting flared last week, following a month of relative calm.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
He’s been dealing with lingering knee soreness and inflammation since at least mid-June, and his biceps issue has flared several times this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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
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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
“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
He described spotting mysterious "orange orbs flaring up and down" when investigating "loud thuds heard in the mountains" on a test range where others had spotted UFOs in preceding days.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
The thing has a pointed equine face with flaring nostrils and angry red eyes.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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