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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a flare-up in the dispute between Armenians and Azerbaijanis
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She's following a low-fat diet, and hasn't had a flare-up in months.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I have had chronic low-back pain, with occasional flare-ups of worse pain, for at least five years.
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In instances where a flare-up of the disease later attenuated earlier cosmetic benefits, patients became skeptical of surgery.
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They may move joints manually through the safe range of motion during acute flare-ups of arthritis.
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When Labour returned to opposition after 1951, there was a flare-up inside the party.