crusty
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I kept tearing off pieces of crusty bread and dragging them through the oil before spooning the beans on top.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
And sometimes — the true jackpot — there’s a crusty half-loaf of sourdough, which instantly checks off one of my weekly anchor ingredients for just a few dollars.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Unusually dry conditions and unseasonably high temperatures are making Augusta National’s greens “firm, crusty, and bouncy” for the Masters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
“The greens are already getting firm, crusty, and bouncy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
They started with a creamy chestnut soup, crusty hot bread, and greens dressed with apples ami pine nuts.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
For a crustier roll, choose a lean dough.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2021
The result is something vaguely like a seasoned fry, but a bit crustier and cakier, with a taste of dried onion and black pepper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2019
Harrison Ford, coming next, was even crustier than usual.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 7, 2019
Cruz, who is only two years older than O’Rourke but comes across as part of a previous crustier generation, is following the conventional campaign playbook: pumping big money into negative ads attacking his rival’s integrity.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2018
Aye, lad, I've got a tough load to carry just now—thee mustna take it ill if I'm a bit silenter and crustier nor usual.
From Adam Bede by George Eliot
But what makes or breaks Uber is the same as the crustiest old taxi cartel: the drivers making the trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
It should be clear now too, to even the crustiest of old dinosaurs, that it’s not about lecturing women to toughen up, and learn to brush off wandering paws more lightly.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2017
If Seattle Symphony maestro Ludovic Morlot and his band really hit it out of the ballpark, even the crustiest crowd may get carried away clapping, too.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2016
Just before the Reagan-Thatcher years, her parents moved to London and bought a maisonette in Belgravia, home to England’s crustiest upper crust and even to Margaret Thatcher herself.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2011
At Christmas sometimes the children sing carols, not with much success so far as melody goes, but otherwise successfully enough; for recollections of the past soften the hearts of the crustiest.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
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