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crust

[kruhst] / krʌst /


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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

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

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

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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