encrusted

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As a college senior, Bias bought an ankle-length fur coat, a Nissan 380ZX sports car and a gold bracelet encrusted with diamonds spelling his first name, the Washington Post reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

In Traynor’s vision, lighters, can openers and outlet covers are reimagined as exquisite pieces of Brutalist art, crisscrossed with strips of tin, encrusted with sea glass and stones.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 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

These golden surfaces were encrusted with countless jewels—blue, purple, and red—which, in the flickering candlelight, seemed to pulse with a life their own.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi