Example Sentences

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Two years earlier, he suffered a shoulder dislocation on the pickleball court, and the injury had flared up a couple of times since then.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Anger had flared a couple days earlier when comments were deleted before being restored.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

That fire had flared up north of Spokane, near the town of Elk, the same day as the Gray fire.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

When Lopez Obrador took office in late 2018, Mexico had flared 3.9 bcm that year, the data showed.

From Reuters • Mar. 22, 2022

When the water level had dropped below my makeshift sygaldry, the fire had flared up again.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss