crust
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The menu featured soybean purée, soybean cheese, soybean bread, soybean coffee and even apple pie baked in a soybean crust.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The unexpectedly low amount on Mercury could provide an important clue about how the planet's crust formed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Tata has been mining soda ash for years in Lake Magadi, a vast area often covered by a whitish salt crust.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The mantle is the layer beneath a planet's solid crust.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
The sight of me standing there with my nose pressed against the glass made Mamá clench her mouth, and she cut through the crust of that pie like she wanted to kill it.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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In one session, Sylvia mentioned: “On the weekends, I usually just make a meal out of the bread crusts I cut off my kids’ sandwiches.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Crusted scabies, previously known as Norwegian scabies, causes a "scaly rash and thickened crusts of skin", external containing thousands of mites, and can be due to reduced immunity, although that is not always the case.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Still, executives expressed optimism during the earnings call about things like Totino’s pizza crusts and seasoned pizza rolls, as well as Asian- and Mexican-inspired snacks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Maybe it’s homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made on pillowy Wonder Bread, with the crusts cut off.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
But the windows here were shuttered against the storm, sealed up by crusts of blown snow and frost.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Anything that’s old, spoiled, crusted over, or vaguely suspect can go — no second-guessing required.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
Constable’s famously crusted, white-flecked surfaces, as seen in this painting’s coarsely textured beams and choppy canal water, and in its windswept, cloud-filled skies, became touchstones in his work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
They were dehydrated and short of breath, some with eyes crusted shut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
One recent winter saw things get so bad that the eczema crusted over her face, sealing her eyes and mouth shut.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
A thin layer of ice has crusted over the water along the shoreline.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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The spots fill up with fluid and become blisters before crusting over to form scabs, which eventually drop off and clear up.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
Two days later the reaction arrived: redness, itching, oozing, crusting and small, fluid-filled blisters up and down his legs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025
In “Downton” Fellowes wrote all the best set-ups and punchlines for Violet, inspired by Smith’s near-flawless track record with crusting each phrase with the perfect sear.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
Now is a good time to examine your soil, lightly stir the surface with a hoe or garden fork to break up any crusting, and lay down coarse mulch.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2022
A slick of ice spread from the places the Sleeper had stepped, crusting everything in his wake.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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