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
Ever since I was little, I’ve pressed my right thumbnail into the finger pad of my middle finger, and so now there’s this weird callus over my fingerprint.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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