scab
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“I can tell you that it’s a wound that will scab over in time, but will tear open from time to time.”
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
“These people believe that you take the scab off of a wound and take it off again and again until something miraculous happens,” Boritt grumbles to the camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Apples are also among the most heavily treated fruits, with pesticides used in particular to fight apple scab, the main fungal threat to orchards.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The show says it doesn’t plan to scab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Luke picked at a scab on his hand.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
An AFP photograph showed a red area with several brownish scabs protruding above his shirt collar on the right side of the neck of the 79-year-old president, the oldest ever elected.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
Of course, Boritt had devoted much of that life, as a historian, to picking at one of the gnarliest scabs in American history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
The main feature is an itchy, spotty rash which blisters then scabs over.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
There’s a toughness in them, as several showed off scabs on their arms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
As he brushed his hair out of his eyes, the sun shone upon the fresh scabs marring his knuckles.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
The wounds that Vogel prods have largely scabbed over, and the concluding mood is one of compassion and release.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
She had reported concerns about a mole on her upper arm which had grown, becoming itchy and scabbed.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023
His hand is still bruised and scabbed, and it must heal fully before he can resume swinging a bat.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 22, 2023
But by now, the wound has scabbed over.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2023
He clenched his fingers, looking at the scabbed knuckles.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
The rash goes through several stages which include flat spots, raised spots, blisters and then scabbing.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
A few days after the fever begins, patients develop distinctive pustule-like lesions that usually start on the face and spread across the body before scabbing over and falling away.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2022
In the photos taken by investigators soon after Suzanne’s disappearance on Mother’s Day that year, there are three abrasions or cuts scabbing over, Rohrich said, Fox 21 reported.
From Fox News ● Aug. 23, 2021
I think the mechanisms behind this scabbing over of old concerns might explain some of the behavior we’re seeing in this pandemic.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2020
“I’m all done. It will hurt a little tomorrow and may bleed a bit during the scabbing stage, but you should be fine.”
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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