crusty
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French bakeries sold crusty baguettes and flaky croissants with government backing Friday, defying labour unions arguing that May 1 should remain a day of compulsory rest.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
“Before the week is out, it’s going to get very, very crusty around here.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Meanwhile, the 3,000-acre Soda Lake, which lies dusty, crusty, dry and white in summer, still had some water in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
“The greens are already getting firm, crusty, and bouncy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
How crusty would it look if Rue got me a tennis bracelet, and on her birthday, I handed her coupons to Popeyes?
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
At one public meeting, a white-haired man – one of the crustier opposing voices – tripped and fell, and Khalil rushed across the room, thinking he might need medical assistance.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2018
Soft conditions and fresh snow favor skis; firmer, crustier conditions favor bikes.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 18, 2016
He was shorter in the grain than ever, crustier to every one than she had ever known him––and toward Nan herself fiercely resentful.
From Nan of Music Mountain by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
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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