mildew

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

US defender Chastain vividly remembers the conditions - "the water dripping from the ceiling, the mildew - you can smell it".

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024

New records released by the department reveal that inspectors faulted Boar's Head several times for mold or mildew building up throughout the site of the plant.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2024

I sit on the horse blanket, bone-weary but not yet tired enough to lie down and suffer the indignities of vermin and mildew.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

Investigating the riot of fungus, lichens, molds, smuts and mildews that festooned the place, Beebe discovered Protozoa, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Nemathelminthes, and Rotifera, and was certain of the existence of Mollusca, Oligochaeta, Hirundinea and Arthropoda.

From Time Magazine Archive

Again, no tenant applies; the house mildews with the damp of its own emptiness; children run when they pass it after dark; and the threshold decays.

From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst

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

Fans continue to whir in dank basements and dump trucks still make the rounds to haul away mildewed couches, squishy mattresses and now-useless electronics.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

It wasn’t only my sneakers that stank; all my clothes were>dingy and mildewed — but at least everything was holding together.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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