scab
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“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
“Unhelpful ... Ripping open a healing scab is never helpful,” John Morgan, a Florida trial attorney who was a major fundraiser for Biden’s 2024 campaign, told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 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
I loved the hole in his jeans and the dirt on his bare feet and the scab on his elbow and the scar that laced through one eyebrow.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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
“I had these giant scabs on my head,” he said, “these were like golf-ball-sized scabs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025
Lots of injections can lead to scabs that itch, and itching can lead to wound progression.
From Slate ● May 12, 2024
He could tell us about scabs and when they were ready to be picked off.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
Another described her underarm skin as developing a pink rash which had "scabbed over".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
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
A year later, the scar hasn’t scabbed over.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
Full recovery happens “when all of the sores have scabbed over, the scabs fall off, and new healthy skin has emerged,” McQuiston said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
He grins, but then his scabbed lip cracks, and he winces and looks away.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
The rash goes through several stages which include flat spots, raised spots, blisters and then scabbing.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
And so the tissue, instead of scabbing and healing, was starting to die.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2024
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
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
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