Example Sentences

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Her work focused on periods when the galaxy's X-ray output brightened in flares and on how the X-ray signal evolved in the hours afterward.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

The Russian defence ministry said "signal flares were fired and audible signals were sounded" to get the attention of the yacht on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Dozens of protesters also gathered at St Andrew's Square in Edinburgh before marching along Princes Street shouting with blue flares and saltires.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

That meant handheld cameras, flares, saturated colors, distortions, negative imagery and odd angles to reflect the growing sense of terror.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Jacobi was practicing windmills, a classic power move he’d long ago perfected; he was trying now to turn his windmills into flares in the same routine.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi