coated

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Within days of the pool’s reopening this month, algae blooms coated the floor and colored the surface, drawing spectators and online mockery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

Across Nigeria's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, decades of oil spills have left a landscape deeply scarred, with wetlands increasingly coated in crude and contaminated sediment.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

While “Blue Heron” may not come coated in the feel-good gloss of “The Sheep Detectives,” these two films are mirror images — not two in a trend, but in direct conversation with one another.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

When the Eaton fire burned through Altadena’s historic neighborhoods, it destroyed many homes that were coated in toxic lead paint.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Leonardo coated the wooden panel with an extra thick layer of white lead paint.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day