scab

“I can tell you that it’s a wound that will scab over in time, but will tear open from time to time.”

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026

“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

They picked at this particular South Africa scab with their verbal armoury of salty snipes when a tense chase began.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025

It was just beneath his skin where he couldn’t scratch at it or pick it like a scab.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

An AFP photograph showed a red area with several brownish scabs protruding above his shirt collar on the right side of the neck of the 79-year-old president, the oldest ever elected.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

Of course, Boritt had devoted much of that life, as a historian, to picking at one of the gnarliest scabs in American history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

You are contagious and can spread chickenpox to other people from two days before the first spots develop until they have all formed scabs, which is usually five days after they first appear.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

There’s a toughness in them, as several showed off scabs on their arms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024

The scabs on her arms dried up and became little scars, barely visible.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Whereas Li’s and Barker’s wounds are fresh, Longwell’s have largely scabbed over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The wounds that Vogel prods have largely scabbed over, and the concluding mood is one of compassion and release.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

She had reported concerns about a mole on her upper arm which had grown, becoming itchy and scabbed.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023

His hand is still bruised and scabbed, and it must heal fully before he can resume swinging a bat.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 22, 2023

Pus-yellow pools girdled her scabbed nose, and her swollen lips were fenced with mean rows of brackish stitches.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The rash goes through several stages which include flat spots, raised spots, blisters and then scabbing.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

While this may seem like a perfect opportunity, please note that the WGA does strongly enforces its right to prevent non-members who have engaged in scabbing from ever becoming members.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2023

In the photos taken by investigators soon after Suzanne’s disappearance on Mother’s Day that year, there are three abrasions or cuts scabbing over, Rohrich said, Fox 21 reported.

From Fox News ● Aug. 23, 2021

I said she was doing great, and when I tilted my webcam toward her during Zoom calls, I made sure my swollen, scabbing hand wasn’t visible on the screen.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2021

That sore, with its scabbing and yellow pus, looked to have gone from bad to worse and about another mile past that.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool