mildew
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He said mildew is a common regional issue his team fixes as necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
When tested on wheat, these compounds helped protect against fungal infections such as powdery mildew.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
In 2004, around 40 tenants of the building sued the owners, claiming they were exposed to mold and mildew, exposed electrical wiring, as well as leaky windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
US defender Chastain vividly remembers the conditions - "the water dripping from the ceiling, the mildew - you can smell it".
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
In the heat they produced—a humid, overbearing swelter—the smell of sour mildew seemed to rise from everything.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
All regions suffered from factors ranging from droughts and floods to water shortages and unexpected mildews.
From Salon ● May 1, 2024
Some fungi take the form of molds and mildews, which are commonly seen on rotting food.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
In particular, he and his team are working on alternative treatments for common vine mildews; the conventional one, copper sulphate, accumulates in soil in doses that are toxic to wildlife.
From Nature ● Dec. 19, 2012
"It's bulky if you move it, traceable if you bank it, and it mildews if you bury it."
From Time Magazine Archive
But to what purpose do we raise temples of stone if we permit the living temple of the soul to be eaten into by the poison mildews of evil thought.
From The Young Priest's Keepsake by Michael Phelan
When Bill first saw her small, shabby, mildewed lab space, she was momentarily ashamed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
For me to even open an envelope meant a trip to my stepmother’s house, where the precious cache was moldering in a mildewed basement.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025
Today, Vicksburg is a destination for faux steamboats and tour buses half-filled with aging Civil War buffs and gamblers drawn to its storied battleground and mildewed casinos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
Getting pricked by a thorn is not only painful, but a mildewed thorn can cause a serious illness.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
The stale air trapped there smelled like a mildewed lemon.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
If your bathroom is cramped, super-plush towels will be a challenge to store and might not dry quickly enough to avoid mildewing.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2019
Eventually, the family sold the mildewing house, with its grand veranda and inner courtyard, and moved into a three-room flat.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
Now, I was wearing rapidly mildewing clothes and getting crushed by a Slovak and a Brit in a multinational game of Monopoly.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2012
Gun dealers all over the Gulf Coast region were driven out of business by the hurricane, and they sent their wet and mildewing records to Martinsburg.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2010
He could smell Tuf-Skin and ankle tape, week-old perspiration, moist towels mildewing in forgotten lockers, foot powder, ammonia, and unwashed socks.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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