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Those issues have flared up in recent months as China has shifted its purchases of soybeans and other agricultural goods away from the U.S. amid continuing tariff and trade disputes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

In the process, tensions between public and private nursing schools have flared as they battle for resources to expand their programs.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

Disputes have flared in the past, with Pakistan objecting to some of India's hydropower and water infrastructure projects, arguing they would reduce river flows and violate the treaty.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

In subsequent decades, tensions between the city’s Black residents and police have flared again and again.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Once Judith would have flared, but her new happiness was hard to shake.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare