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Recent Examples of encrust
Pictures show the iron cannon heavily encrusted with dirt and corrosion after being unearthed at the site.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The diamond- and sapphire-encrusted rings include engravings of the 2024 and 2025 trophies on both the outside and inside of the ring.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
These crustaceans, worms, fish, and others keep their home clean by grazing on the algae that encrusts seagrass leaves.
—David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
High ceilings stretched above me, encrusted with mouldings of flowers and faces, while garlands, angels, and Ionic columns flocked the dirty, peeling walls.
—Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The diamond- and sapphire-encrusted rings include engravings of the 2024 and 2025 trophies on both the outside and inside of the ring.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
These crustaceans, worms, fish, and others keep their home clean by grazing on the algae that encrusts seagrass leaves.
—David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
High ceilings stretched above me, encrusted with mouldings of flowers and faces, while garlands, angels, and Ionic columns flocked the dirty, peeling walls.
—Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encrust
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Over in the next aisle, Gifty Anderson, who typically buys bales from Canada and the United Kingdom, held up a dress smeared with body makeup and tossed it aside without a second thought.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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This will lead to smearing dust particles around instead of picking them up, which is where a wet cloth comes into play.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
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Over time, however, they can get coated in pesky grime and dust that restricts airflow and makes things look dingy.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
11 June 2026
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Regions like Brittany and Bordeaux have their own distinctive baking traditions, with buttery treats that come shaped like bicycle wheels or coated in beeswax.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Clean Off the Deck A mower deck caked with clippings attracts more clippings.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
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What is the source of the myth of the effect of loud noises and cake baking?—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Providers must also cover rent or mortgage payments, insurance, food, utilities, supplies, maintenance and regulatory requirements.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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According to the team at W Hotels, this will eventually get covered with a canopy of green as vegetation continues to grow.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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There were dishes of baby food crusting over on the kitchenette counter.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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Some types of snow Brunning identified were column, plane, rimed, germs, irregularities, as well as combinations of all of those elements.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Encrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrust. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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