as in loud
excessively showy
flaring neon signs advertising all manner of amusement for tourists at the beach town
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as in burning
to shine with a bright harsh light
floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison
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Recent Examples of flaring
Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
After the orchestra launches in with a full flaring sound, the cello takes the lead on a sweet, almost pensive solo.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Sure, there are energetic flaring conditions where the Sun does temporarily emit gamma-rays, but those are rare and inconsistent.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
More than half the approved permanent flaring exemptions went to Endeavor, which merged with the $40 billion Diamondback Energy in September 2024.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
The leader places a Metolius TCU, an unstable and extremely outdated piece of gear, in a flaring crumbly crack—and skips a nice bolt one foot below for no apparent reason.
—Kate Kelleghan, Outside, 20 Aug. 2025
This year there have been multiple flaring incidents, including planned flaring that occurred during maintenance work in February and several weeks in April and May.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
Oil refining giant Valero must pay a $1.2 million penalty for major flaring incidents at its Benicia facility that spewed dark plumes of pollutants into neighborhoods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday.
—Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
The estimate comes from the Nigerian government agency that oversees oil producers and which last week granted licenses to 28 firms to access natural gas lost to flaring from oil production facilities.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Control over them has long been disputed between Tehran and Abu Dhabi, with tensions periodically flaring over sovereignty and access to surrounding waters.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Amid the arrests, as well as flaring tensions and clashes between communities and immigration agents, concerned residents who are afraid the Border Patrol might target their hometowns next are looking to grassroots efforts already adopted in other cities.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 30 Nov. 2025
Anti-Japanese sentiment has simmered in the country since that time – flaring up and gaining traction in recent years with nationalist hardliners’ voices becoming increasingly mainstream in China under strongman leader Xi Jinping.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Before the Broncos pulled off a miracle at Empower Field on Sunday, players could feel tensions flaring on the sidelines, Bryant said.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Oil production releases large volumes of gas that are typically burned off, a process also known as flaring.
—Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
These attacks subsided for much of 2025, before flaring up again over the summer.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
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Red dwarfs are also prone to violently flaring and the outpouring of radiation from them can strip an atmosphere clean off a planet.
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They are pinched into a bright, almost surgical nasality or burst loose into grand, sideways arcs, flaring out in a feral yelp.
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Their noise got loudest at night when the city became quiet.—
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Sports radio can be loud and raucous, blaring with bluster and bellowing.—
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The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for four days.—
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The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.—
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Simons also emphasized that December jobs data are among the noisiest of the year and should not be over-interpreted.—
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And then there is the noisy parade of vehicles passing nearby on their way to who knows what?—
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Glow-in-the-dark outsoles represent glowing engine headers, and the shoe’s color-shifting eggplant purple upper takes a page from custom car wraps.—
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On Monday, the actress uploaded a new selfie showing off her glowing complexion.—
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Diane Nygaard, an Oceanside resident and representative of the nonprofit Preserve Calavera, said the developer’s request for 14 waivers of city development standards is excessive.—
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Shorter days and excessive time indoors?—
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During one Nuggets run late in the second quarter, Warriors coach Steve Kerr sat motionless for several possessions, glaring straight ahead while displaying a look of disgust.—
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One glaring weakness is in the hotel sector, with deal value down 30% in September compared with the same month in 2024.—
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In terms of flashing skin and making sexy in again, Stone wasn't alone.—
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The marquee sign would light up next to flashing lights, plus the claw itself.—
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Lenovo came out all guns blazing at CES 2026, using its biggest global stage yet to signal major leaps across devices, AI, and partnerships.—
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The Bears continue living that chorus out loud, devoted to chasing improvement with the blazing competitive fire exhibited by their head coach.—
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“Flaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaring. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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