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Recent Examples of caked
Photos from the scene show walls caked in feces and grime, with animal waste and trash covering the floor.
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Cleaning your stovetop can be a pain, especially when food has caked onto the burners.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
This challenge was a highly elaborate obstacle course that ends in a puzzle but starts with everyone crawling under a muddy net, ensuring they’ll be caked in filth the whole time.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
The coffee grounds act as a mild abrasive and help remove debris caked onto your cookware without scratching.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
No deaths have been reported from Hayli Gubbi's eruption, but villages located in the remote district of Afdera became caked in ash, impacting both homes and livestock, AP reports.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
An Australian mother admitted neglecting her children so severely that one was hospitalized with lice eggs in her hair and dirt caked on her feet — and later died from cardiac arrest linked to poor nutrition.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Staffing shortages in University of Colorado Hospital’s sterilization department were so acute this summer that state inspectors reported finding trays of surgical tools caked in blood and tissue that had been left sitting in rooms and a hallway for more than 24 hours.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
The business ends of her tools are scrupulously clean, but the pale, slightly discoloured wooden handles have bits of old clay caked to them.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Cleaning your stovetop can be a pain, especially when food has caked onto the burners.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
This challenge was a highly elaborate obstacle course that ends in a puzzle but starts with everyone crawling under a muddy net, ensuring they’ll be caked in filth the whole time.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
The coffee grounds act as a mild abrasive and help remove debris caked onto your cookware without scratching.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
No deaths have been reported from Hayli Gubbi's eruption, but villages located in the remote district of Afdera became caked in ash, impacting both homes and livestock, AP reports.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
An Australian mother admitted neglecting her children so severely that one was hospitalized with lice eggs in her hair and dirt caked on her feet — and later died from cardiac arrest linked to poor nutrition.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Staffing shortages in University of Colorado Hospital’s sterilization department were so acute this summer that state inspectors reported finding trays of surgical tools caked in blood and tissue that had been left sitting in rooms and a hallway for more than 24 hours.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
The business ends of her tools are scrupulously clean, but the pale, slightly discoloured wooden handles have bits of old clay caked to them.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caked
Verb
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Blood was smeared on the hood, roof and rear of the sedan.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Jan. 2026
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Hadid appears beat up with a gash on her arm, dirt on her face, and smeared black eye makeup.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For dinner, Federico and his staff were offering herb crusted rack of lamb, a pork chop with butter, sage and mortadella, or pan-seared halibut.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
1 Jan. 2026
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The patty is crusted in pepper.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Their debut album, Bergtatt (1995), released when singer Kristoffer Garm Rygg was 18, inspired a whole universe of nature-drunk folk metal; meanwhile, Nattens Madrigal (1997) is a prime example of the most scabrous and distortion-encrusted recesses of black metal.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
8 Jan. 2026
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Lauren had only designed three wedding dresses before crafting Chopra's intricate lace gown, which was encrusted with 2,380,000 mother-of-pearl sequins.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Sprinkle the flour over the onion and cook, stirring constantly, until coated, another 30 seconds.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Most cookie sheets are also coated to prevent sticking.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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She's also covered the cartel wars along the TX-MX border, Congress in Mexico City, 3 presidential races, and 6 hurricanes.—
Karen Brooks Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Jan. 2026
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At the check-in desk (which is covered in palm-frond prints), you’ll be greeted with a free cold PBR, a tribute to the can-crushing dexterity of the notorious Blondie, who works the legendary lounge downstairs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Caked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caked. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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