crust
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There is more vanadium in the Earth's crust than lithium, but it is less accessible and more volatile in economic terms.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Salt them the night before and leave them uncovered on a rack in the fridge, which gives the seasoning time to penetrate and helps the surface dry for a better crust.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
The crust is crisp, the pizza cooks more evenly, and I enjoy eating it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Cake crumbles, graham-cracker crust toppings and star-spangled sprinkles are a whole other challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The outer shell was the crust, and it was about eighteen miles thick.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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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
Maybe it’s homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made on pillowy Wonder Bread, with the crusts cut off.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
While she loves local and home-milled flours, she’s also happy with the crusts she makes with King Arthur flour bought at Costco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Cans and bottles lay all over, along with crusts, peelings, cores, scraps, rinds, wrappers — everything you would normally find in a garbage can.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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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
Mrs Pyrah had been trying to avoid a puddle near a pond by walking through an area that she thought had a "dry crusted top".
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
This dish rekindles that memory, offering a grown-up take on the crusted white fish.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
We see some guileless part of ourselves within him — a half-formed reflection in his goldfish Dorothy’s fishbowl that’s been crusted over by the steady gnawing of time.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
Everything was in a state of disarray—sewing projects abandoned upon the spinnet, shutters drawn, dogs sleeping on the settee, dirty plates and platters still lain on the table, the food crusted to their rims.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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The spots fill up with fluid and become blisters before crusting over to form scabs, which eventually drop off and clear up.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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
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
Now is a good time to examine your soil, lightly stir the surface with a hoe or garden fork to break up any crusting, and lay down coarse mulch.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2022
A slick of ice spread from the places the Sleeper had stepped, crusting everything in his wake.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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