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Wildfires can make soils become hydrophobic, with vaporized organic matter forming a waxy crust that repels water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The survey begat headlines in the media, especially in finance-oriented publications like Fortune and Barron’s, that figuratively wrung their hands over the travails of the upper crust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Proposed explanations have included differences in how the Moon's original magma ocean circulated, a massive collision, heating caused by gravitational tides, and uneven development of the lunar crust.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

In these regions, rocks undergo intense deformation as powerful geological forces act on them deep within Earth's crust.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The creature is gnawing on some parmesan crust with its eyes squeezed shut, like eating the scraps is an experience to be savored with everything it has.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

It’s also buttery and oh-so rich — a delicious flavor profile that most store-bought pie crusts simply can’t achieve.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2025

I’ve eaten crusts of bread before, but they were always served with love.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

She said it was 12 weeks and six days before he was diagnosed in May, by which point it had developed to the more severe crusted scabies.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

And our surroundings are crusted in frost: the railing along the stairwell, the windshields of every car in the parking lot.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

"Swollen face, a fever, lameness, drooling and crusting of the nostrils - if you do come across any of those clinical signs ring the department immediately and we will investigate."

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 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

It sticks with us because of how vividly it captured the hysterical unreality of living in a turbulent age, and how it picked at the scabs crusting over the face of the American dream.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2024

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

He had ice in his beard and more crusting his mustache.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin