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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
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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
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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
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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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