encrusted

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Burns says that was all part of figuring out “how to loosen the barnacles of sentimentality that have encrusted themselves” on the war.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

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

Trays laden with dirty dishes, leftovers, encrusted silverware and much worse slowly inched their way toward me on a conveyor belt.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2024

The surface was wrapped with thin brown strands of seaweed and encrusted with barnacles.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri