scab

Example Sentences

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“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

But a series of challenges - from the onslaught of fungal scab, the impact of climate change, and a range of economic hurdles - has thrown the flourishing industry into a state of crisis.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

Federal labor law allows employers to hire replacement workers during unfair labor practice strikes and economic strikes, but unions typically condemn the use of so-called scab labor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023

You pointed at a scab on his knee.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman