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Definition of Flareups
1. flareup [n] - See also: flareup
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Literary usage of Flareups
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1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"At night the orders are given by “flareups”—flashes of light visible like meteors
for miles over the watery waste. ..."
2. War-time Strikes and Their Adjustment by Alexander M. Bing (1921)
"With the exception of small local flareups the commission maintained almost
uninterrupted peace in places where it had jurisdiction, all national unions ..."
3. Redefining the U.S.-Japan Alliance: Tokyos National Defense Program by Patrick M. Cronin, Michael J. Green (1994)
"... is a less of a relationship of regional conflicts to big-power interests, and
it is easier for the international community to deal with such flareups. ..."
4. Under Sail by Felix Riesenberg (1918)
"There were tales of paper flareups, and on the part of Frenchy, who had chased
them in a frigate, of Chinese pirate junks ..."
5. The Gossip: Or, Scraps of Manuscripts and Facetiæ, Laconica Et Lyrica, Being (1849)
"... as that of rewarding these performers with monstrous salaries or wages for
their nocturnal footfalls and flareups on the dancing Terpsichorean boards. ..."
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