encrusted

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The Seahawks ring, large as a child’s fist, is encrusted with 20 carats of white diamonds and blue sapphires.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

As a college senior, Bias bought an ankle-length fur coat, a Nissan 380ZX sports car and a gold bracelet encrusted with diamonds spelling his first name, the Washington Post reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

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

At its heart was a 12ft tall emblem of the Hindu god Shiva, sheathed in gold encrusted with rubies and pearls.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

These golden surfaces were encrusted with countless jewels—blue, purple, and red—which, in the flickering candlelight, seemed to pulse with a life their own.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi