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crust

[kruhst] / krʌst /


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Oops, I say to myself, I seem to have dropped my pizza crust on the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

For home bakers hoping to get through the holidays without a collapsed pie crust, the team’s preparations offer a glimpse of dessert at its most extreme.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

For example, one ring could contain debris from a planet's outer crust, while the other contains material from deeper inside, such as its core.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

In practice, the crumbs more or less fused into a single crust over the slick cabbage beneath.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Most of the shaking that we think of as an earthquake is caused by a category of seismic wave known as surface waves, which roil Earth’s crust, taking everything on it for a ride.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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

There were ham sandwiches on crusty brown bread, and cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches on white bread with the crusts trimmed off.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The main symptom is a crusted, flaky rash that often affects the elbows, knees, hands and feet.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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

It heats to 1450°F, allowing you to expertly grill a fabulously crusted steak without ever leaving the comfort of your heated apartment.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

Xaro was a languid, elegant man with a bald head and a great beak of a nose crusted with rubies, opals, and flakes of jade.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

If you want to do something a little extra, try crusting it in Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 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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