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
That relationship picked an emotional scab for Davidtz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
He kept going back to it, picking at it like a scab.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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
Complications can include bacterial infection of scabs, and much more rarely, a swelling of the brain known as encephalitis, lung inflammation known as pnemonitis, and stroke.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
Some companies called on state militia and federal troops to put down uprisings and hired private security forces to protect so-called scabs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Further out, the oil fields of Kern County are like dinosaur relics — scabs on the surface of the earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
I didn’t have to touch the scabs on my back to be conscious of them.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
Whereas Li’s and Barker’s wounds are fresh, Longwell’s have largely scabbed over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
I hugged him, kissing the scabbed bald spot on his head.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
The rash goes through several stages which include flat spots, raised spots, blisters and then scabbing.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
And so the tissue, instead of scabbing and healing, was starting to die.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2024
The wound oozes and scabbing cracks the skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
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’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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