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crust

[kruhst] / krʌst /


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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

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

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

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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