flare

Example Sentences

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The early May meeting reflected tensions that often flare up over safety improvements following aviation tragedies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

After safely detonating the device at another location, the police informed Ewan that the device was a practice bomb used to send flare signals 20,000 ft in the air.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

"While geopolitical risks could still flare up, the more pressing issue appears to be macro-related," he said, pointing to the recent rise in sovereign bond yields and the prospect of central banks raising interest rates.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

A wildfire sparked by the flare of a shipwrecked mariner has burned nearly a fifth of Santa Rosa Island and marks what officials called the largest blaze recorded on the island in modern history.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

In the flare of the flame, his assistants saw a windowless room, roughly twenty-five feet square.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield