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Recent Examples of encrustedThe grayish-black orbs hang off of trumpet-evoking support pillars encrusted in round diamonds.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2026 Inside the Imam Hussein shrine, pilgrims in men's and women's sections press against the gold and silver-encrusted latticework around the spot where he was killed, many striking their foreheads in grief.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
10 Aug. 2026 The fan guards in the walk-in cooler was encrusted with residue.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
july 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 July 2026 There were also issues with wastewater disposal, damaged floors, and pots and pans encrusted with food debris and grease deposits.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
17 July 2026 Worth $324,000, it’s encrusted with over 100 stones, according to People.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
16 July 2026 The 1500 feet-long sculpture, made of 6000 tons of black basalt rock and earth, juts out of the basin and is encrusted with white salt, having been altered over the years by the salty pink water that used to flow there.—
Lara Johnson-Wheeler,
Vogue,
3 July 2026 The Seahawks ring, large as a child’s fist, is encrusted with 20 carats of white diamonds and blue sapphires.—Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026 The woman said her jewelry, which included multiple David Yurman pieces with precious stones and some that were diamond-encrusted, was stolen from her luggage during a layover on April 11, a police affidavit said.—
Jeff A. Chamer
may 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 May 2026
Irving’s lighthouse, built for the 1893 World’s Fair, was salt crusted, wind battered, and timeworn, at once a shithole and a feat of civil engineering.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2026
Sliced turkey comes in a handful of styles, including smoked, honey-roasted, pepper-crusted and herb-roasted, as well as low-sodium, organic and 95% fat-free.
The bombshell discovery in the little red dot spectra was that the colors of hydrogen were smeared out across multiple shades.
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Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
14 Sep. 2026
Aware of them now, the dog shakes loose the can—his forelock matted, his jowl smeared with beans—and shrinks into the trees with a whimper that makes something tighten in Molly’s own chest.
In these pieces, which are coated in a palette of bright reds, dusky purples, black, and burl, their provenance becomes even murkier.
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Jill Singer,
Curbed,
14 Sep. 2026
It’s coated with Kynar 500, a durable, commercial-grade paint coating that holds up outdoors against sun, rain, and temperature swings without chipping or fading.
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Lauren Murphy,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Sep. 2026