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- a flare in gift card sales around graduation time
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- ended the quarrel with a stunning flare of swearwords
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- in the darkness the flare of a single match might be seen by enemy troops
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verbSynonyms of flare (Entry 2 of 2)
- floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison
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“Flare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flare. Accessed 16 May. 2022.
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