Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scabs
Noun
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The first time, Julian’s children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) seemed like miserable, greedy wretches.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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New Orleans has long been notorious for embracing such scoundrels, a reputation that isn’t exactly helped by the fact that, for many years, disgraced attorneys who lost their licenses in Louisiana and applied for readmission to the bar often got it.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Political leaders who encourage or tolerate such scoundrels should be driven from office.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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But this is a look at the more dynamic version, like the roughnecks out in the patch and the offices in Dallas and Fort Worth.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Nov. 2025
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Fast forward two years, and they are now presented as villains in a way no other team has since the late 1990s Yankees teams.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Simon was more interested in sociological dynamics about what makes a city tick than traditional heroes or villains, creating a complex portrait of humanity at its best and worst.—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Elswyth can shoot ivy vines from her hands, wrapping the vines around miscreants to incapacitate them.—
Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
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The cameras safeguard lawful policing and expose miscreants masquerading as officers.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
Noun
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According to the United States Department of Agriculture, milk and nuts are included in the nine leading causes of food allergies in the United States.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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Flavors unfold in deliberate waves, featuring rich caramel and butterscotch, then roasted nuts, milk chocolate, and a touch of baking spices.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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Yet that rawness is exactly why the landscape is teeming with sea lions, marine iguanas, and blue-footed boobies.—
Carla Vianna,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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Northern itineraries bring guests closer to red-footed boobies and alternate habitats.—
David Morris,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Scabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scabs. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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