scab

“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

They picked at this particular South Africa scab with their verbal armoury of salty snipes when a tense chase began.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025

“Four-and-fifty ships is too few,” he told the dusky woman, “but I can wait no longer. The only way”—He grunted as she peeled the bandage off, tearing a crust of scab as well.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

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

The spots fill up with fluid and become blisters before crusting over to form scabs, which eventually drop off and clear up.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

“I had these giant scabs on my head,” he said, “these were like golf-ball-sized scabs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025

I even tried using the bubblegum pink razor that had been included in the hotel’s small pack of soap and shampoo, opening up old and new scabs on my shins and knees.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Another described her underarm skin as developing a pink rash which had "scabbed over".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025

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

Cedar, fir, madrone trees, scabbed with muscles, kelp, barnacles.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023

Since then, the gaping hole in my heart has scabbed over, and it continues to beat despite its beating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022

He grins, but then his scabbed lip cracks, and he winces and looks away.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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

They worked to stop the hemorrhaging, administering medications to stimulate extra contractions and aid in clotting and scabbing.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 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