flare

Example Sentences

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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

Along the banisters were motion-activated lights - one wrong step and they would flare on, announcing their presence.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 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

His face is red and his nostrils flare.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam