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verb

present participle of flare

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Recent Examples of flaring
Adjective
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 The company boasted that with its flaring wheel wells, the Mars is 2.1 meters (6.9 feet) wide. Joe McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023 Then on March 11, 2019, another flaring incident led Solano County health officials to warn residents with respiratory issues to stay indoors. Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
Verb
Energy analysts have warned about a prevailing sense of bearish sentiment in the market, even as flaring tensions in the Middle East threaten to reach a new boiling point. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaring
Adjective
  • This occurs when an object vibrates after being hit by sound waves at a higher amplitude, like when a drummer hits a drum and the instrument and air vibrate to create a loud sound.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The peak level of noise, measured at roughly six miles away, was as loud as a gunshot at close range, per the New York Times.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The methane-burning BE-4s, each one generating 550,000 pounds of thrust, continued boosting the rocket out of the lower atmosphere for another three minutes or so before shutting down.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But in July, the local agencies received word from the Forest Service that contractors could no longer provide aerial supervision over fires burning on federal land.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Instead of visiting the range on a noisy, busy Saturday, go after work or to a private range.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
  • All started with the noisy image on the left above, so all are improvements on the original.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Users can see a developing fire on the map, represented by a glowing yellow dot well before its perimeter is reported to the NIFC.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
  • What scientists have confirmed, however, is that these fireflies were already glowing during the time of the dinosaurs.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • For many years, it was renowned for being a major party destination, known for excessive drinking, the easy availability of drugs and river tubing linked to a string of fatalities.
    Isaac Yee, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • While never approaching the emotional impact of the Russell Crowe-led original epic, Scott brings the busy sequel (sharks and even an irritable rhino gets thrown in the mix) to gory, excessive CGI heights.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In fact, the film’s problems are so glaring that one can’t help but wonder about what happened behind the scenes.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This is why the Tolkien estate closely guarded its intellectual property for so long, and serves now as glaring evidence of the kind of creative malpractice its former stewards were concerned about.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The show was also intentional about embracing younger artists blazing new trails in the industry — from a medley with up-and-coming urban artists Eladio Carrión, Quevedo, Myke Towers, to a Spanglish performance by Joe Jonas and Ela Taubert, who is nominated for best new artist.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The show was also intentional about embracing younger artists blazing new trails in the industry — from a medley with up-and-coming urban artists Eladio Carrión, Quevedo, Myke Towers, to a Spanglish performance by Joe Jonas and Ela Taubert, who is nominated for best new artist.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024

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