callus
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Each adds another layer of callus over the public conscience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
“I want to build up a callus of hard work,” Fisch said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Eventually, that callus cracks and you almost get drowned in a flood of emotion, which is sort of my last few years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
The cells formed a tumorlike tissue known as callus that could then be coaxed to grow into a seedling.
From Science Magazine ● May 17, 2023
Especially the younger ones, who ain’t built up a callus to it yet.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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Jobs that “put calluses on your hands—those are the only jobs I’ve ever had.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
"Our final, clear polish could be put over any manicure or even bare nails, which could help people with calluses on their fingertips, too. So, it has both a cosmetic and lifestyle benefit," explains Desai.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
While the country awaits Georgia’s first loss — we’re probably going to be waiting quite a while given the Bulldogs’ soft schedule — a collection of fascinating teams are ascendant and building calluses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Golfing experts confirmed the former president is wearing the tape properly and that golfers routinely use it to avoid blisters and split calluses.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Joon and I both possess Uhmma’s lean fingers, but without the hard, yellowed calluses formed by years of abuse from physical labor.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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The miners dug hundreds of feet deep with shovels and their bare, callused hands.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
This time, however, that bravado backfired against a callused Ravens team with a defense coordinated by Don Martindale.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
At age 75, the tall, easy-mannered fisherman with a replaced knee and rough, callused hands is not as sure-footed as he once was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
Thin and wiry, with powerful forearms and callused fingers, Mr. Watts sat stone-faced behind the drums, as he aged from a hirsute ’60s rocker to a silver-haired master of percussion.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021
My hands are in the hot, soapy water when I hear a step behind me and feel thick, callused hands wrap around my skull.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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They are, therefore, stratified in a callusing bed where moisture and temperature can be controlled.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
The bottom of the callusing bed is first covered with 2 or 3 inches of sand.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
It is usually better, however, to place them for several weeks in a callusing bed before planting.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
Conifer grafts are often placed in a grafting case for rapid callusing.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association
In the callusing bed we should endeavor to hasten and perfect the union of stock and scion as much as possible while delaying the starting of the buds and the emission of the roots.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
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