canker
Example Sentences
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Canker sores are somewhat mysterious, with a range of triggering events.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023
That said, there are also plenty of creepy beasties in Before I Wake, including a spindly, ravenous creature that Cody dubs “the Canker Man.”
From The Verge • Jun. 8, 2018
But once the credits roll, what’s hardest to shake off isn’t the image of the Canker Man, but the faces of all the people who’ve been touched and terrified by Cody’s dream-spawns.
From The Verge • Jun. 8, 2018
Canker has destroyed more than 16 million trees in Florida.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Canker almost ran around to the opposite side and had a big plank torn off there.
From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by King, Charles
Vocabulary lists containing canker
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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