rimed

past tense of rime
as in coated
to cover with a hardened layer frost riming the doorknob

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  • The inside resembles a fruitcake while the outside is coated in crispy cornflakes.
    Macie Stump, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The oven is coated in enamel that creates its signature exterior color and serves as an inner nonstick layer.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • Something crusted their corners shut.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Seeking higher and drier ground, the windsurfer noticed a hard hat encrusted with barnacles.
    Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Thousands of onlookers gathered in the streets outside the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills as Taylor—then just 18 and ravishing in yards of white satin encrusted with seed pearls—raced to the ceremony.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • Trudeau wrapped his other arm around Hadrien, who had smeared fake blood on the side of his face.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • For two hours, the inmate remained on the ground with blood smeared on his forehead and pooling on the ground near his head, according to prosecutors.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • Staffing shortages in University of Colorado Hospital’s sterilization department were so acute this summer that state inspectors reported finding trays of surgical tools caked in blood and tissue that had been left sitting in rooms and a hallway for more than 24 hours.
    Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
  • When you’ve been outscored 69-9 in the first halves and by 76 points overall in the previous three games after losing Joe Burrow for three months, every decision comes caked in desperation.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • Nature and Faith He captures Lithuania (where Drizyte grew up and where her parents still live) in the freezing winter, too, with images shot on the Curonian Spit when it’s covered in snow.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Such remediation costs may be covered by the tenant’s renter’s insurance policy, or perhaps by your own policy.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Rimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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