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Recent Examples of rime
Noun
The rocks closest to the spray were white with rime, and a faint rainbow hung in the air, a diaphanous net catching color.—Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
In contrast, a late planting date, especially after the first fall frost, can reduce cover crop establishment, winter survival, and biomass production.
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Nora Doonan,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
Late summer is often the best time to plant veggie seeds for fall harvests, while many perennials can be transplanted in fall, up to 4 to 6 weeks before the first frost is expected in your area.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2026
The restaurant sources its birotes from Duran’s to make the open-face, bean and cheese-smeared breakfast sandwiches popular throughout Mexico.
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Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
That slows down the process of multiple shockwaves merging into larger ones and allows the atmosphere to weaken the smaller shockwaves to smear out the sharp pressure change into a more gradual increase.
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.
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Lara Johnson-Wheeler,
Vogue,
3 July 2026
Eliza decked herself in emeralds, while Amelia modeled a set encrusted with sapphires.
There were dishes of baby food crusting over on the kitchenette counter.
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Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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.