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[krohm] / kroʊm /




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Several homes stood dangerously close to the edge of massive pits dug with excavators by miners seeking access to chrome deposits.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

More than 600 people work at the site, which manufactures about 400,000 tonnes of tin, chrome and coated steels for the packaging industry every year.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

Up front, a fierce rictus of sterling-bright, illuminated vertical bars is capped with a chrome plate embossed with the word “Maybach.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

A few additions are purely Adams including some of the photos she took and had framed and a set of modern chrome cat bowls.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

Mr. Apatan wiggled the hose where it fed into Smaug’s gleaming chrome back.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

As it ought to be, the interior is spectacular, with traditional eyeball vents and chromed organ-pull dampers sharing space with discretely deployed digital displays and other modern conveniences.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

One part was chromed, the other stainless steel.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2023

In the Saket mall, called Select CityWalk, a bubble of air-conditioning and chromed shopfronts are across the road from a chaotic medieval warren, the Apple store is opposite a Krispy Kreme.

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2023

Fernández’s show features four 2019 works from her “Dark Earth” series, chromed metal panels inscribed with horizontal lines and sketched with mountain scenes rendered in multiple media, notably chunky charcoal.

From Washington Post Nov. 23, 2021

After being chromed in this for about half an hour they are well washed.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech

Gonzalez explained that the steel is far cheaper than chroming, but few customers ask for it.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2023

After migrating to the United States as a teenager, Rodriguez so wanted to work at a chroming facility that he started by cleaning bathrooms and delivering parts.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2023

Platers will have to switch to less toxic — and less shiny, and more expensive — chroming material, something Rodriguez doesn’t think his peers and customers will embrace.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2023

When all the stripping, chroming, raking, molding, metal flaking and polishing are done, a chopper, righteously gleaming from fishtail exhaust to brakeless front wheel, may have cost its owner $5,000 in materials and labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

By chroming a darker and faster olive is got.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech




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