as in burned
to shine with a bright harsh light
floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison
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Recent Examples of flared
Its midi length suits a wide range of occasions, and its flutter-style cap sleeves and flared A-line skirt add eye-catching volume.
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Aashna Gheewalla,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Fire fighters battle a fire that flared back upon at a cold storage facility on Sunday, June 21, 2026 in Boyles Heights, CA.
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Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
The Israeli military killed at least 47 people in strikes across southern Lebanon on Friday, in the second deadliest day since hostilities flared in early March.
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Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
These tensions flared to their worst level since the invasion this week, when Nawrocki denounced and stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded to him in 2023, over the honoring of the UPA.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
Tensions flared as both agencies butted heads over what to do, highlighting an international relationship that hasn’t always fostered peaceful cooperation in space.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
18 June 2026
The Sparks’ scoring trouble flared up in the second quarter just as Miles got hot.
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Jordan Puente,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Skepticism of elections flared up recently in California after Trump made a baseless claim that Democrats were cheating to defeat a Republican candidate for governor and another for Los Angeles mayor.
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Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Crews were making the crash site safe for search and recovery teams to enter, after fires flared up overnight, said Mike Paoli, a spokesperson for the 412 Test Wing at Edwards.
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ABC News,
16 June 2026
Aashna Gheewalla,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Fire fighters battle a fire that flared back upon at a cold storage facility on Sunday, June 21, 2026 in Boyles Heights, CA.
—
Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
The Israeli military killed at least 47 people in strikes across southern Lebanon on Friday, in the second deadliest day since hostilities flared in early March.
—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
These tensions flared to their worst level since the invasion this week, when Nawrocki denounced and stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded to him in 2023, over the honoring of the UPA.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
Tensions flared as both agencies butted heads over what to do, highlighting an international relationship that hasn’t always fostered peaceful cooperation in space.
—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
18 June 2026
The Sparks’ scoring trouble flared up in the second quarter just as Miles got hot.
—
Jordan Puente,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Skepticism of elections flared up recently in California after Trump made a baseless claim that Democrats were cheating to defeat a Republican candidate for governor and another for Los Angeles mayor.
—
Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Crews were making the crash site safe for search and recovery teams to enter, after fires flared up overnight, said Mike Paoli, a spokesperson for the 412 Test Wing at Edwards.
—
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flared
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The Cottonwood Fire had burned nearly 72,000 acres and is at 0% containment.
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Idling trucks, sandbag piles and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.
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After exposing the bones to a high-energy blue light, the team used an optical filter to see which of them glowed red.
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The sandstone bowl of a stadium built in 1924 glowed gold.
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Although Brown was absent from Howe’s lyrics, his specter glared from between the lines, apocalyptic and militant.
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The two-time Masters champion spun, glared at the spectator, grumbled under his breath and seemed to point out the person to security.
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Nearly 30 years before the prodigious young soccer player made his mark on this World Cup, the Freeman name flashed across a Seattle scoreboard after a productive day in another kind of football.
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Jack Strand, an undrafted rookie with a big frame and strong arm, has flashed — but his profile projects as a practice squad member for this fall.
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An interstellar comet that blazed past the sun and swung by Earth last year could be nearly three times older than our solar system and is unlike anything ever before seen in our cosmic backyard, astronomers said Monday.
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Some celebrity children went to their parents' own Ivy alma maters — like Conan O'Brien's son, who went to Harvard University — while others blazed their own academic paths to institutions like Brown, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale.
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That night, the northern lights gleamed cold and hard, and the moon bathed the whole landscape in bleak, eerie light.
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The 4,202-pipe organ gleamed over us.
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An infinity-edge pool stretches toward the horizon, while expansive Ipe wood decks, flamed granite terraces, and an outdoor kitchen frame sweeping bay views.
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Finish with a cremaet, Valencian coffee flamed with rum infused with lemon and cinnamon.
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