scab
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“These people believe that you take the scab off of a wound and take it off again and again until something miraculous happens,” Boritt grumbles to the camera.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Apples are also among the most heavily treated fruits, with pesticides used in particular to fight apple scab, the main fungal threat to orchards.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
There’s always that issue of, do you really want to pull the scab off an old scar and open the wound?
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024
“It’s been a long-term process,” Tammie said as she pointed to a fresh scab on her husband’s scalp from a recent fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Normally, Druzmilla would have greeted Skardebek lovingly, maybe griping that someone had just picked a big scab and thrown it out the window, but she was clearly too nervous to think of a pleasant insult.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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