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crust

[kruhst] / krʌst /


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The chain currently sells a small pizza, but the Domino boosts the quantity of toppings and comes with a savory Parmesan crust, Jordan said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Domino’s already sells a small pizza, but the Domino boosts the quantity of toppings and comes with a savory Parmesan crust, Jordan said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Its open crumb absorbs just enough sauce to become more flavorful as it sits, while the soft crust remains easy to eat on a towel without showering your lap in shards.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

On Venus, the rift flanks sink because the crust slowly relaxes after being stretched.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

That pie is almost a week old, slick mold is growing in the crust, it’ll make him sick.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

On Earth, silicate-rich crusts form through long-term processes involving tectonic activity and often require water.

From Science Daily May 5, 2026

It’s also buttery and oh-so rich — a delicious flavor profile that most store-bought pie crusts simply can’t achieve.

From Salon Nov. 18, 2025

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

A hospital ward has been closed following an outbreak of crusted scabies - a rare and highly contagious form of the illness.

From BBC Jul. 10, 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

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

His nose was crusted up and leaking even more than the man’s.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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

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

He grabbed the back of the boat with numb fingers, then hauled himself onboard, dripping with seawater, ice crusting his red beard.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman




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