flare
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For several months, the flare became brighter in ultraviolet light than the entire galaxy surrounding it.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
A drag queen would cut through the room like a flare.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
It was three days after a stranded mariner’s emergency flare apparently sent flames raging through the south end of Channel Islands National Park’s second-largest island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
The agreements failed to stop fighting that continued to flare for much of the week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Nyame, like a sun flare that leaped from spot to spot, sent iron monsters flying into the bay with blasts of white-hot energy.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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This releases flares that train the immune system to track down and kill cancer cells hiding around the body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It’s been another choppy week in markets, featuring a rebound in the artificial-intelligence trade, highly divergent share-price reactions to big tech earnings, and more volatility in oil as the U.S.-Iran war flares up again.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
He was met with a crowd of supporters carrying flares and banners as he left the French Football Federation's headquarters on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Smith has started and re-started baseball activities, only to find out that the inflamed disk in his neck flares up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
“It’s a big yacht— looks like it was nice and fancy before the flares struck. Now it seems like it was built a hundred years ago. Can’t believe it floats, much less runs.”
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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Wildfires have flared in several parts of the country this week, including on the popular island of Crete, and three firefighters have so far lost their lives.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Tension flared in the 40th minute when two opposing players confronted each other after a shirt-tugging incident, with other players rushed to join in the confrontation.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The jump tracked a renewed run-up in energy prices as conflict has flared again in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Crude is up more than 10 percent since the two countries hostilities flared up last week.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Eventually it flared, rewarding their efforts with a small but cheering blaze.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Producers are paying other companies to take it away, flaring it or simply releasing the potent greenhouse gas into the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
To separate the true signals from the effects of stellar flaring, the team developed specialized calibration methods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Oil has been back in the spotlight with Iran tensions flaring back up, but investors are more focused on the start of another crucial quarterly earnings season.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
But if you run on the colder side, she also features flaring long-sleeve jerseys that range between off the shoulder and a collared neckline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Warning alarms went off in my mind at the sight of Chubs’s nostrils flaring and his lips twisting with anger.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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