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crust

[kruhst] / krʌst /


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In practice, the crumbs more or less fused into a single crust over the slick cabbage beneath.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

They used powerful airgun arrays to generate seismic pulses that traveled through the crust beneath the ocean floor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

Without the coal cars, Coalwood was no longer covered by a daily pall of dust, but I still saw a gray, ugly crust on everything and everybody that would never come off.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

Maybe it’s homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made on pillowy Wonder Bread, with the crusts cut off.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

“The weirdest thing happened,” Tab said, poking the crusts of her sandwich into her thermos.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead

The main symptom is a crusted, flaky rash that often affects the elbows, knees, hands and feet.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Anything that’s old, spoiled, crusted over, or vaguely suspect can go — no second-guessing required.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 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

I’ve tried lots of gardening gloves, but they all had the same problem: I had to peel them off to use my smartphone, which isn’t easy when they’re wet or crusted with dirt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024

Dying weed and moss crusted its smooth edges.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

"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

Money has trickled through this room for years and years, as if through an underground cavern, crusting and hardening like stalactites into these forms.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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