flare

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If firefighters hadn’t been ordered to leave a New Year’s Day fire before all the embers were extinguished, would flames have flared up on the same spot amid hurricane-force winds on Jan. 7, 2025?

From Los Angeles Times

"Our data clearly show that the gas flares follow the patterns of the major fault systems around Milos," Nomikou explains.

From Science Daily

In mid-November 2025, a large solar flare erupted from the surface of the Sun, resulting in a spectacular display of the Northern Lights in the UK.

From BBC

Pope Leo also decried turmoil and conflict plaguing other parts of the world, including Thailand and Cambodia where deadly border clashes have flared up despite a ceasefire in July.

From BBC

After the dispute flared with fresh fighting in May, the neighbours shuttered overland crossings.

From Barron's