1
as in flurries
a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity
took medication to prevent a flare-up of her asthma
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as in explosions
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
there's no need for an angry flare-up, as we'll take care of the problem immediately
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Recent Examples of flare-ups
This filtration system ensures that your floors are getting their most thorough clean, while also ridding your space of irritants like dust that can cause allergy flare-ups.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Near the Teakettle Experimental Forest, heavier fuels in flatter terrain will continue to smolder with occasional flare-ups.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The patch wasn't itchy, flaky, dry or in an area where Meitinger gets flare-ups.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Pearce has been living with the heart condition for nearly five years and has been experiencing flare-ups since 2020.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Firefighters were set to remain on scene throughout Friday to watch for flare-ups, authorities said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
Although there is no cure, treatments including medications and lifestyle changes can help patients control symptoms and reduce flare-ups.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
The timing of flare-ups also matters.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2025
The fires and flare-ups are hard to ignore.
—Derek Newton, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Near the Teakettle Experimental Forest, heavier fuels in flatter terrain will continue to smolder with occasional flare-ups.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The patch wasn't itchy, flaky, dry or in an area where Meitinger gets flare-ups.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Pearce has been living with the heart condition for nearly five years and has been experiencing flare-ups since 2020.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Firefighters were set to remain on scene throughout Friday to watch for flare-ups, authorities said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
Although there is no cure, treatments including medications and lifestyle changes can help patients control symptoms and reduce flare-ups.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
The timing of flare-ups also matters.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2025
The fires and flare-ups are hard to ignore.
—Derek Newton, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flare-ups
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Thin air and unpredictable wind flurries near Everest’s highest elevations prevent the drones from operating at some of the final camps leading to the summit.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
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The test marked a welcome victory for SpaceX and the budding launch vehicle, which suffered in-flight upper stage explosions during each of this year's three Starship launches leading up to Flight 10.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The barrage appeared to target several Ukrainian regions, with local authorities reporting explosions in the western regions of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lutsk.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
3 Sep. 2025
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America’s retreat from WHO deepens the damage by weakening global systems for monitoring outbreaks, reviewing evidence and maintaining databases such as the Global Burden of Disease.—
Stan Chu Ilo,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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And recent outbreaks of the avian flu have killed off millions of waterfowl and shorebirds.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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But when his streams became more reactionary, filled with outbursts, expletives, and certified crashouts over losing levels, subscribers flocked in.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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This student’s outbursts had been an ongoing issue for three years, and Elliot quickly realized that few teachers had received the necessary restraint training to handle this student.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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The palate bursts with rich, agave-forward flavors, revealing curious floral nuances of geranium and sweet spices.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The bursts packed a punch, uprooting even mature trees in the Carmichael area, and disrupting power to thousands of Sacramento Municipal Utility District customers.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In this demo expedition, his group deployed hyper-tech robotic explorers to map a lava tube on a Mars analog site, in the Spanish Canary Islands, which, like the Hawaiian archipelago, were produced via a series of volcanic eruptions.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Around the time of this flip, solar activity gradually ramps up, causing more solar eruptions like solar flares and coronal mass ejections.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Of those flares, 600 were within a mile of a residence, the agency’s data showed.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Except for the rare circumstances where the Sun flares, the Sun produces only negligible quantities of gamma-rays.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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As the number one overall pick last year, Williams somewhat underperformed as a rookie, but some of that can be attributed to poor coaching, and the former Heisman Trophy winner showed flashes of brilliance at times.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Tyler Glasnow has shown unhittable flashes.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Flare-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flare-ups. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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