crust
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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
The new approach gave the researchers a more realistic view of how Venus's crust stretches, shifts, and relaxes over time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
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
The crust is crisp, the pizza cooks more evenly, and I enjoy eating it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
David breaks off an edge of crust and tosses it to the dog.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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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
Materials containing magnesium and calcium often form hard, dense crusts when they crystallize.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
Domino’s for the first time added mozzarella-filled crusts to its menu in March after decades of holding out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 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
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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
Just ahead, the elk wove between the snowdrifts with his head down, his huge rack of antlers crusted with ice.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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"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
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
If you want to do something a little extra, try crusting it in Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 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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