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Recent Examples of scab
There are many available cultivars, but ‘Elliott’, Excel’, ‘Lakota’, and ‘Sumner’ are cultivars that are documented as having good resistance to scab.
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Larry Figart,
Florida Times-Union,
14 Jan. 2026
Applying fungicide can reduce scab and its severity, improve grain weight and reduce mycotoxin contamination.
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Tom W. Allen,
The Conversation,
12 Nov. 2025
In more severe cases, the skin may crack, ooze, scab or become raw and extremely uncomfortable.
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Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
Eventually, those bumps blister, ooze fluid, and scab over.
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Alisa Hrustic,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2025
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Larry Figart,
Florida Times-Union,
14 Jan. 2026
Applying fungicide can reduce scab and its severity, improve grain weight and reduce mycotoxin contamination.
—
Tom W. Allen,
The Conversation,
12 Nov. 2025
In more severe cases, the skin may crack, ooze, scab or become raw and extremely uncomfortable.
—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
Eventually, those bumps blister, ooze fluid, and scab over.
—
Alisa Hrustic,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scab
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scab
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Speaking of that last vampire subject, this is also a great episode for Jacob Anderson in the B-plot, as Louis plays the reluctant avenger doing that loveable scoundrel Raglan James’s dirty work in two stand-out action sequences.
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Paxton, meanwhile, is known for being a scoundrel.
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The first time, Julian’s children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) seemed like miserable, greedy wretches.
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The elegant sets and lavish costume designs are stunning, as is Jacob Elordi's multi-faceted performance as the intelligent wretch stitched together from corpses.
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The immigrant-threat frame offers a quicker villain and a simpler solution to persistent social problems such as violent crime.
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The new production will follow Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo from their comic book origins to becoming global pop culture icons, battling familiar villains along the way.
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The West Texas native worked in the Permian Basin oil fields as a roughneck and later joined Texas Monthly as a fact-checker then staff writer.
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The show focuses on roughnecks and billionaires in West Texas who are trying to get rich as the oil industry continues to take over the state.
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In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.
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Or, plant a gun on a lowlife who deserved it and the world's a better place.
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Over eons of mythmaking, the 13th century bandit Robin Hood has evolved from a scamp adored by King Henry VIII to a symbol of sticking it to the rich.
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Lewis makes Allegra a horny scamp, and Olyphant’s Pete, the group ringleader, has a svelte savagery.
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Even though the Feeneys have gotten more competitive under the junior Michel’s management, the rascal-on-the-field ethos of the original team still prevails.
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Not even the curmudgeonly Melvin can bring himself to harm the little rascal.
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The frenetic antics of Illumination‘s mascot army of yellow miscreants have always been indebted to vintage slapstick.
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Elswyth can shoot ivy vines from her hands, wrapping the vines around miscreants to incapacitate them.
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“Scab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scab. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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