flare

Example Sentences

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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

Dominating a sandy stretch of Qatar’s northern coast, Ras Laffan is a sprawling industrial fortress of pipes, flare stacks and loading berths built around the world’s largest artificial harbor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Somewhere deep in the limbic system, a synapse fires like a flare, tracing the old circuitry of migration and memory — that annual pull toward the wide-open deserts of the American Southwest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

But the haint’s flare of sunlight embraced me again, my arm this time, pulling me forward.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce