crust
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Focaccia has become de facto sandwich bread or makeshift pizza crust elsewhere in Italy, but it tends to be bare bones in Genoa, where it has been made since the Middle Ages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
“It’s very difficult to transport material through an ice crust that big,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
That magma may have been superheated before the eruption and while it was rising through the crust.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 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
Seismometers could detect movement of the earth’s crust far from where the instruments were actually located.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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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
Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are thought to harbor subsurface oceans beneath their icy crusts.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 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
The goofy grin dropped off his face and he stopped throwing bread crusts out to the ducks gathered in the water.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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However, many dogs were found with "matted and crusted coats" that required treatment.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 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
It heats to 1450°F, allowing you to expertly grill a fabulously crusted steak without ever leaving the comfort of your heated apartment.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
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
Xaro was a languid, elegant man with a bald head and a great beak of a nose crusted with rubies, opals, and flakes of jade.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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
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
Now is a good time to examine your soil, lightly stir the surface with a hoe or garden fork to break up any crusting, and lay down coarse mulch.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 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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