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
And that callus blocks the need to find that time.
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
Short, chunky, muscular, the heir to Bear Island had big thighs, big breasts, and big hands ridged with callus.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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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
She was found with large calluses on her feet and ankles from constantly being on her hands and knees cleaning floors.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 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
Sefia prodded the calluses forming on her hands and waited on the quarterdeck.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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Hemphill saw him wheeling around with callused fingers from gripping his racket, sitting up straight, tall, proud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
The miners dug hundreds of feet deep with shovels and their bare, callused hands.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
The stretched hide and callused hand, the scraped gourd and dried seeds, call out to the scratched record and the fingers dancing over the mixer’s dials.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
By 9, Joe’s small hands were callused and stinging.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2021
Bent over, palms callused from the small, tough stalks, smoke scorching their eyes, they work.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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Bioletti, on callusing beds, 56. on grafting, 48, 52. on pruning in California, 151. on resistant stocks, 63. quoted, 18.
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
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
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
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