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flare

[flair] / flɛər /


VERB
spread
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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

She hardly shares the same flare for the dramatic, or the desire to shock and awe the press, as her husband.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

It opened with a lone hooded figure running onto the stage holding a red flare as fans chanted "BTS, BTS, BTS".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Whenever those tensions flare anew, I recall the most instructive—and, in the end, the most heartening—such clash I know.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The flare caught her like a hurricane, spinning the pod at first until the fins caught.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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