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flare

[flair] / flɛər /


VERB
spread
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Rather than launching an entirely new inflammatory response during each flare, the immune system appears to reactivate cells involved in earlier episodes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

BOJ policymakers worry that a soft yen could magnify Japan’s energy bill as Middle East hostilities flare again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

But a flare up of her endometriosis, a condition which sees tissue similar to the lining of the womb grow outside of it, meant she was competing in difficult conditions:

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Ignited by a shipwrecked sailor’s emergency flare, the fire was first reported on the island’s southwestern coast in the early morning hours of May 15.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Armed with just a flashlight and flare gun, Cullen continued to walk and patrol the shoreline.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Regulatory T cells, which normally act as a braking system to prevent excessive immune activity, also began producing inflammatory molecules during recurring flares.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Together, the findings suggest that recurring flares involve a coordinated and increasingly active inflammatory environment, rather than just a handful of immune cells acting independently.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Denmark and Russia were at a war of words Tuesday after Danish authorities accused a Russian frigate of firing flares at a Danish military helicopter.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Huge numbers with flares gathered outside the ground, heeding a call from the 1958 Group, before making their way through the Munich tunnel under the stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Across the landscape flares burned bright blue and gold as far as she could see.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Tempers flared anew in August when the Guardian reported that Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel got a private viewing despite having no public record of donations to the museum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Tempers and emotions flared - despite a warning from the Speaker, Edwin Poots, to mind their manners - amid shouting across the packed benches.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Tensions flared on the eve of a critical week ahead for Paramount Skydance’s proposed $111-billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

But tensions flared back up later in the month after disputes over alternative shipping channels and alleged U.S. bypass moves.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

With her strike-fire, she lit a curl of juniper bark tinder, and one of the rushlights flared into life: a bright, clear, comforting flame.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

“Worries about oil back over $100 a barrel and the Iran conflict flaring up again are top of mind heading into the weekend,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

His successor inherits an economy beset by challenges, including fragile growth, flaring inflation and a volatile rupiah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Reaching the semi-finals came at a price, though, with his arm injury flaring up again at Wimbledon and leaving Draper "devastated" at having to pull out of his home Grand Slam.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“It was flaring up, wasn’t recovering — however you want to word it,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

She studied her sleeping grandfather’s withered face, his gaping toothless mouth and flaring nostrils bathed in the warm glow of the reading lamp.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older


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