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Recent Examples of wart
The table springs into action to defend him and go after Michael (a wart with eyes), first with Johnny dragging him for using the fact that someone was forced into the closet against them.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
But most of these John Harbaugh-thirsty franchises have an ugly wart or two as well.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Rubbing a black snail on a wart and impailing the creature with a thorn will make the bumps go away.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025
Still, that trade-up will go down as the biggest wart on both Shanahan’s and Lynch’s résumé.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
But most of these John Harbaugh-thirsty franchises have an ugly wart or two as well.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Rubbing a black snail on a wart and impailing the creature with a thorn will make the bumps go away.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025
Still, that trade-up will go down as the biggest wart on both Shanahan’s and Lynch’s résumé.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wart
Noun
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But a new study suggests that artificial intelligence might be able to find signs of the disease before tumors are visible on a scan.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The tumors caused by the cancer grow slowly.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Americans watched liberty’s growth with parental pride.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Steve Randazzo, chief growth officer for BusPatrol, told the Sun Sentinel that the allegation of faulty ticketing was more nuanced than how it was portrayed.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2026
Noun
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What patients experience—painful nodules, swelling, abscesses and drainage—is the visible endpoint of that internal cascade.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
6 May 2026
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There, red nodules formed and progressed to develop dark centers.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
Noun
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An infant’s accidental exposure to an infected child can mean serious illness, brain swelling and sometimes death.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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According to the Mayo Clinic, meningitis is an infection and swelling of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Wart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wart. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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