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Recent Examples of crusted
Something crusted their corners shut.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusted
Verb
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The band also appears to be diamond-encrusted.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Pictures show divers shining lights inside the wreckage of the ship, which was encrusted with algae and thick marine growth.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Blood was smeared throughout the business.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Shohreh Dupuis left her job as city manager of Laguna Beach two years ago, in the wake of a squabble with a city council member, a threat of a harassment lawsuit, and an inquiry into into how her house came to be smeared with feces.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As for towels, they'll likely be soaked or caked with mud after every use.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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Mud caked the walls and floors on the home’s bottom level.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Detroit paced the Central for almost the entire season … only to trip over itself, fall down a flight of stairs coated in aioli, and land on a whoopee cushion in front of its crush.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Line a sheet pan with wax or parchment paper coated with cooking spray.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Millais covered her body with flowers that signify love, pain, innocence, and faithfulness.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened — or why she’s covered in her friends’ blood — Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Crusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusted. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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