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flare

[flair] / flɛər /


VERB
spread
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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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

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

The flare in my chest reignited and spread like a rocket launch through my body, heating me from my scalp down to the tips of my toes.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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

The power flares out when Lou is in a Zoom meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Instead of producing similar flares on each return, they become steadily fainter.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

As new flares flashed, a strange face turned to scold me.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

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

Tensions over Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, have flared since Dans returned to the Arctic commission.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Fighting flared in July when the Houthis, who have for years controlled swathes of northern Yemen, launched a large-scale offensive against Yemeni government forces.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 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

“Money,” he said, as the match flared brightly in the dim.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

His successor inherits an economy beset by challenges, including fragile growth, flaring inflation and a volatile rupiah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Reaching the semi-finals came at a price, though, with his arm injury flaring up again at Wimbledon and leaving Draper "devastated" at having to pull out of his home Grand Slam.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

The direwolf swung his head from side to side, nostrils flaring, then bared his fangs in a snarl.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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