flare
Example Sentences
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The annual end-of-term crunch often causes tensions to flare in the justices’ written opinions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
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
She stopped taking topical and oral steroids in July 2022 after they sent her into a huge flare.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Shutting the jungle of pipes and towering flare stacks dominating the desert shoreline took a fifth of supercooled gas supplies from the world market at a stroke.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
As he dropped out of sight, a flare of bright light exploded and streaked through the sky like a missile.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing flare
The Cay
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"Uprising," Vocabulary from the historical novel
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"Sisters" by Raina Telgemeier
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