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Recent Examples of wart
Rubbing a black snail on a wart and impailing the creature with a thorn will make the bumps go away.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025
After 11 of its first 14 red-zone scores were touchdowns entering Saturday, Mizzou’s old wart popped up early against South Carolina.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 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
Respiratory papillomas are wart-like growths on the vocal cords and trachea.
—Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025
After 11 of its first 14 red-zone scores were touchdowns entering Saturday, Mizzou’s old wart popped up early against South Carolina.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 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
Respiratory papillomas are wart-like growths on the vocal cords and trachea.
—Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wart
Noun
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The patient received chemotherapy, and for several months the tumors in her pancreas and her liver shrank.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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And although the treatments were proving successful, the toddler would ultimately need a liver transplant due to the location of the tumor in his liver.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 2026
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Yang is part of a generation of workers that powered China's growth by digging coal from underground mines in Datong, a city known as China's coal capital in the northern province of Shanxi.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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By examining brain tissue removed in such surgeries, a team led by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital has identified mutations in genes that control the growth of neurons, including one affecting an enzyme that is important in cell proliferation.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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According to the Mayo Clinic, the primary reason for this type of operation is cancer, a goiter or suspicious nodule.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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China is leading a race to collect metal-rich nodules from the ocean floor, resources seen as key to clean energy.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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If not treated early, the infection can progress to more serious symptoms, such as joint swelling and arthritis, nerve pain, tingling or numbness, facial muscle weakness, heart inflammation and difficulties with memory or concentration.—
Emily Bache,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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Far too often, symptoms such as fatigue, swelling, shortness of breath and nerve pain are misdiagnosed or dismissed.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Wart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wart. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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