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flaring

adjective as in ablaze

adjective as in flaming

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I play a little game isolating scents in patches of wind, flaring my nostrils and parting my lips slightly, as if wine tasting.

The virus - which affects poultry and wild birds - has been around for a century, usually flaring up in autumn and fading away in spring and summer.

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So we move on to Hampden on Tuesday and Ronaldo with his nostrils flaring at the thought of getting at a defence that has conceded seven goals in three games in this group so far.

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The ban on cricket has come to symbolise the deep-seated tensions that are flaring up in Monfalcone.

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For more than a week, far-right violence has been flaring up in cities in England and Northern Ireland – but not so far in Scotland.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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