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Recent Examples of encrust
Pictures show divers shining lights inside the wreckage of the ship, which was encrusted with algae and thick marine growth.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Beyoncé gave husband Jay-Z a $5 million Hublot Big Bang watch encrusted with nearly 1,300 diamonds on his 43rd birthday.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
In the living room, wall panels composed of plaster, wood, and resin are encrusted with plexiglass and semiprecious stones.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
Opt for one encrusted with diamonds.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Beyoncé gave husband Jay-Z a $5 million Hublot Big Bang watch encrusted with nearly 1,300 diamonds on his 43rd birthday.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
In the living room, wall panels composed of plaster, wood, and resin are encrusted with plexiglass and semiprecious stones.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
Opt for one encrusted with diamonds.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encrust
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Robert returns to his desk only to find that Invisigal had stolen him a donut as a gesture of good faith, which is now smeared all over his keyboard for the new janitor, Water Boy, to clean by vomiting H20 on the mess.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Supervisor Kate Brophy McGee said the audit was purposefully designed to smear the Sheriff's Office.—
Richard Ruelas,
AZCentral.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Your glass tabletops, windows, and mirrors may look worse after cleaning them thanks to the dull film coating their surface.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dip the apple into the liquid candy and rotate it to coat evenly.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Her hands and feet were caked with so much dirt that hospital personnel had to scrape it off of her body, Dente testified.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Formerly white lines, long ago stenciled by proudcrafters, currently caked and crusted;still gridded for Corollas, Minis and Civics.—
Leslie Simon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The $155,000 figure was within a range covered by insurance, and FBI investigators found that no individual donor funds were diverted before they were deposited into the Bright Futures Fund, Johnston wrote.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Nov. 2025
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During the first few days, normal symptoms such as crusting and redness may happen.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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While tubing mascaras offer some of the most popular no-clump formulas, other options rely on thin lash combs and hydrating ingredients to ensure that your makeup doesn’t crust up during application.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Encrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrust. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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