encrusted
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Burns says that was all part of figuring out “how to loosen the barnacles of sentimentality that have encrusted themselves” on the war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
Police also found on the ground nearby the damaged crown of Empress Eugénie, encrusted with 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
If Los Angeles has a reputation for opera, it is as an outlier, a city freed from encrusted tradition and eager to invent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
Chappell also joined the fun, wearing a one-piece bodysuit encrusted with pearls and seashells.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2024
Filch, who had been lurking unnoticed in a far corner of the Hall, now approached Dumbledore carrying a great wooden chest encrusted with jewels.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
