Example Sentences

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The conflict has flared since 2021 with the resurgence of the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group despite a flurry of diplomatic efforts, including a US-brokered peace deal signed last month.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

Azerbaijan and Armenia fought over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnically Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, in the 1980s and 1990s and violence has flared up in the years since.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

The plight of refugees is an eternal crisis that has flared into a present-day emergency, and the millions of people who are displaced from their homes every year deserve empathy.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

The diplomatic fight over the Essequibo region has flared since then, but it intensified in 2015 after ExxonMobil announced it had found vast amounts of oil off its coast.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Her leprosy has flared, and she is in incredible pain.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly