encrusted

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The Seahawks ring, large as a child’s fist, is encrusted with 20 carats of white diamonds and blue sapphires.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Police also found on the ground nearby the damaged crown of Empress Eugénie, encrusted with 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

At its heart was a 12ft tall emblem of the Hindu god Shiva, sheathed in gold encrusted with rubies and pearls.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

If Los Angeles has a reputation for opera, it is as an outlier, a city freed from encrusted tradition and eager to invent.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

The encrusted mud he had applied as balm had fallen away.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry