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  • present participle of flare.
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flaring

[flair-ing] / ˈflɛər ɪŋ /






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But if you run on the colder side, she also features flaring long-sleeve jerseys that range between off the shoulder and a collared neckline.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Throughout the session, investors responded to key earnings reports and flaring tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Hazardous haze has also been choking people elsewhere in South East Asia, with the most number of hotspots flaring up across Malaysia and Indonesia in seven years.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Capterio, a satellite-data company, monitors the burning of unwanted natural gas at energy infrastructure, known as methane flaring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He felt it flaring as he went down Parker Head, and flaring again when he passed Mrs. Hurd’s empty house, and flaring when he passed First Congregational and climbed the porch steps to his house.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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