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Recent Examples of cakedWhen the rescue team found the cat, its eyes were caked with dust and debris, and after extraction, the feline received hydration and medical care.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
20 July 2026 Degrease The Kitchen If frying bacon or green tomatoes has left your range hood and cooktop with caked on grease, Windex can cut through it.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026 Clean Off the Deck A mower deck caked with clippings attracts more clippings.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026 My sneakers caked tall with snow.—Literary Hub,
15 May 2026 Also, a magenta bed once owned by a Vegas drag queen that couldn’t be restored in time for the show (too much hair spray caked on the headboard).—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026 Try Audible for free Hands caked with mud, fingertips diced by a thousand tiny cuts, and my wheels were spinning again.—CBS News,
1 May 2026 If your gardening tools have rust or caked-on dirt from their last use, vinegar can help.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
29 Apr. 2026 Green is slightly stronger for cleaning lightly caked grime, while yellow is strong enough to strip off paint.—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
Black-fly bites from the week before had crusted near our hairlines and circled our wrists.
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John Todd,
Outdoor Life,
9 July 2026
Such hospitality was reserved for a narrow category of humanity, resembling as closely as possible those local barons whose surnames crusted the stones of local cemeteries.