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flare

[flair] / flɛər /


VERB
spread
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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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

But Apple’s “go-slow” strategy comes in handy on days when investor concerns about AI overspending flare up, insulating the stock from downturns that hit the semiconductor space.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

That was "the market firing a flare gun over China's next speculative frontier", said Stephen Innes, global strategist at Quintex Intel.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

"Once there's enough energy wound up in the higher layers, it can then be released, as a flare or what's known as a coronal mass ejection," he said.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

After a series of failures, he finally found the right kind of stick to twirl in the right piece of dry wood, and the right kind of tinder to flare with the first flame.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Of the roughly 10 repeating systems identified so far, four have shown flares that become progressively dimmer.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

“Ever since, we’ve been crossing our fingers and knocking on wood and sending up flares to the Booker gods, and sent the book to the printer a little earlier than usual just in case.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 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

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

There was some angry thunder and dazzling flares of lightning near and far.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

The debate has flared as precariously falling water levels have revealed vast sandbanks on the Rhine, Danube, Elbe and other rivers, severely impacting cargo shipping crucial for many industries.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Oil prices ended July with their largest monthly gain since March after hostilities between the U.S. and Iran flared again.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Ohtani hasn’t pitched in a game since that July 3 start, when the biceps issue flared in his last at-bat.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

In recent weeks, tensions have flared - with police pinning much of the blame on misinformation online.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The spark planted in my chest by Mrs. B and Mrs. Smith flared.

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

“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

Skepticism surrounding high levels of AI spending are also flaring up again, Reynolds noted.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Cost-of-living concerns, brought on by the flaring up of inflation since the pandemic, have led more union workers to the picket line.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

With the weather windy and grey, and so many people sharing a small house, tempers were flaring.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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