flare
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For several months, the flare became brighter in ultraviolet light than the entire galaxy surrounding it.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
A drag queen would cut through the room like a flare.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
“As tensions flare again in the Strait of Hormuz, that room is now smaller and shrinking further as spare capacity has been deployed, demand has compressed, and inventories have been drawn down.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Katie described how Yann would "flare up" if he was in a room with any of his allergens.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Through my tented fingers, the white flare of arc lamps dulled into a sullen crimson glow.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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
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
They can produce powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which send energy and charged particles into space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
It all started with the usual razzmatazz that has come to be seen at United States' World Cup games - a boisterous and patriotic fanbase, fireworks, smoke flares and a military flyover.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
But when she does her inspection of this work, she flares her honest smile again.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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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
Tension flared in the 40th minute when two opposing players confronted each other after a shirt-tugging incident, with other players rushed to join in the confrontation.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Turkey borders Iran, and hostilities between Washington and Tehran had flared up again at the time.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Her nostrils flared as she smelled me and the fire and when she was ready—perhaps in half an hour but it seemed like much more—she wheeled, flashed her white tail at me, and disappeared.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Producers are paying other companies to take it away, flaring it or simply releasing the potent greenhouse gas into the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“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
Oil has been back in the spotlight with Iran tensions flaring back up, but investors are more focused on the start of another crucial quarterly earnings season.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Lee could see the reactions flaring through Cal—the rage at insult, the belligerence, and the hurt feelings following behind and out of that—just the beginning of relief.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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