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Recent Examples of callus
From nail care to callus removal, special tools and techniques will ensure no injury occurs.
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Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
This allows the stem to callus where it was cut or broken, which helps prevent disease.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
Those with sweaty pits and callused hands — asphalt rakers, flatbed drivers, farmers, and welders — already know the score.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
Often, a keelboat could manage just two crossings a day, for a total of 15 or 20 miles; afterward, their shirts bloodied, their shoulders callused, the men were rewarded with a fillee—a cup of whiskey chased by a cup of river water.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
This allows the stem to callus where it was cut or broken, which helps prevent disease.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
Those with sweaty pits and callused hands — asphalt rakers, flatbed drivers, farmers, and welders — already know the score.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
Often, a keelboat could manage just two crossings a day, for a total of 15 or 20 miles; afterward, their shirts bloodied, their shoulders callused, the men were rewarded with a fillee—a cup of whiskey chased by a cup of river water.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callus
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Degrease The Kitchen If frying bacon or green tomatoes has left your range hood and cooktop with caked on grease, Windex can cut through it.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
28 Jan. 2026
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More recently, he's played an abusive husband on Big Little Lies, a sociopathic tech mogul on Succession, and a vengeance-seeking viking caked in dirt and blood in The Northman.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Jan. 2026
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Paton is rolling into the offseason with diamond encrusted Walmart gift card in his wallet.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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Before work, my Volvo was fully encrusted, the door frozen shut.—
Elizabeth Kelsey,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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Rogan compared the experience of becoming famous as a child to concrete.—
Sarah Sotoodeh,
FOXNews.com,
21 Dec. 2025
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Eventually, a £400,000 scheme was agreed that would see a new roof erected, all wooden benches replaced, and the entire area concreted.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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There was no major incident that caused a rift between Kelly Osbourne and her older sister Aimee, the two simply just don't gel.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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It’s been a great opportunity for the team to gel in a live garage environment, verify car systems and resolve any initial issues.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Trump said late Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a temporary pause in targeting Kyiv and other places as the region experiences freezing temperatures that have brought widespread hardship to civilians.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Florida freeze Extreme cold and freeze alerts were hoisted for much of the state on Friday in advance of the worst cold.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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For larger quantities of grease, let stand at room temperature until solidified for easy disposal.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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In the minds of Republicans, Democrats are solidifying the idea that our state government doesn’t play fair.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps a serious literary consideration of ambition, one that breaks through the shell of Millennial disillusionment that has hardened around the subject in recent years, would need to follow Orlean’s lead in focusing on craft.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Its silvery surface is scarred by dark regions known as lunar maria, where molten lava once flooded enormous impact basins before hardening to create enormous basaltic plains.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Callus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callus. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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