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Recent Examples of scab
Over time, the blisters may rupture, ooze, and scab over as part of the healing process.
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Laura Schober, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
His face was scarred by a shotgun pattern of blood-red scabs and ulcers.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Patients are told to apply lotion to the affected areas, and just let the scabs form.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Dec. 2024
On numerous occasions, Union Pacific had brought in Chinese workers after white workers went on strike for better wages, leading the white miners to view their Chinese counterparts as low-wage scabs.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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Laura Schober, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
His face was scarred by a shotgun pattern of blood-red scabs and ulcers.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Patients are told to apply lotion to the affected areas, and just let the scabs form.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Dec. 2024
On numerous occasions, Union Pacific had brought in Chinese workers after white workers went on strike for better wages, leading the white miners to view their Chinese counterparts as low-wage scabs.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scab
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And, of course, look for those with an axe to grind—from extremist groups to rogue states and struggling superpowers—to capitalize on the global lack of leadership to make gains.—
Maha Hosain Aziz,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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The plan would also initiate the creation of an Economic Security Cooperation Board, a new institution with membership open to all countries except rogue states such as Iran, North Korea, Russia, and of course China.—
Eyck Freymann,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Jan. 2025
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Now that movie’s writer-director, Leigh Whannell, has returned to bring another classic fiend into the 21st century, with Poor Things scoundrel Christopher Abbott as a family man who starts feeling a little hairy after a full-moon encounter at his childhood home.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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That this once-relevant scoundrel's fall from something like grace uplifts so many is a testament to the joy to be found in seeing a cocky operator get his overdue comeuppance.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Dec. 2024
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The wretch was one E. W. Perera, a pivotal figure in the Ceylonese independence movement—and someone the narrator had celebrated growing up in Sri Lanka.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The wretch in question has cut down one of the speaker’s spruce trees without his permission.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2023
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This shortcoming extends to its assortment of villains who, despite including celebrity appearances like AEW wrestler Samoa Joe, fail to leave a memorable impression beyond being yet another obstacle on the way to the end credits.—
Isaiah Colbert,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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More news: Warner Bros Delays 'The Batman 2' For a Third Time One of Batman's biggest foes is Clayface, a villain who can mold his body into a multitude of devastating shapes.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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And the guys playing all of our roughnecks were the same.—
Mark Peikert,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2025
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Landman, set in the oil fields of West Texas, is punctuated by extensive diatribes from Tommy about the oil industry’s importance, the tragic necessity of landmen and roughnecks, and the fallacy of placing society’s hope on renewable energy.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
20 Dec. 2024
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Ever since 2008’s Taken opened up a surprisingly durable late-career reinvention for Liam Neeson as a taciturn action star of tough-guy dad thrillers, frequently dispatching lowlifes who mess with his family, it’s become the norm to expect more of the same.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Oct. 2024
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The writer of this pile of garbage, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hack, who has long been widely discredited, knew that, but chose to ignore it.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Oct. 2024
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For a browner crust, broil the scamp for 1-2 minutes before serving.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Jan. 2025
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There was a brief flurry of excitement this week when Coritiba, a club in the Brazilian second division, announced that Neymar would be signing for them, but that turned out to be the result of some mischievous scamps who hacked their website.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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With their heavy bodies, the rascals had ridden down the oak trees to crop the luscious acorns from the tree tips.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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Till then, the always-in-hot-water antics of CIA attorney/reluctant spy Owen Hendricks (Centineo) keep us engaged and curious over how the troublemaking rascal is going to get out of another mess he’s made.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Scab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scab. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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