flares
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The new AI system was designed to search for the same types of flares across the entire sky, including locations far from galactic centers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s been another choppy week in markets, featuring a rebound in the artificial-intelligence trade, highly divergent share-price reactions to big tech earnings, and more volatility in oil as the U.S.-Iran war flares up again.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
He was met with a crowd of supporters carrying flares and banners as he left the French Football Federation's headquarters on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Smith has started and re-started baseball activities, only to find out that the inflamed disk in his neck flares up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Violent solar storms produce brilliant flares that disrupt radio communications on Earth; and immense arching plumes of hot gas, guided by the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar prominences, which dwarf the Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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