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Recent Examples of encrustedThe sensual wedge, encrusted in colored crystals, made a notable appearance.—
Katie Abel,
Footwear News,
28 Sep. 2026 The mom-of-two—who shares daughter Jane, 12, and son Billy, 9, with Kimmel—showed off her physique in a sleeveless gold bodycon column dress from L’AGENCE, which was completely encrusted with gold and clear crystals.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
15 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 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
Minimize direct exposure while your skin is red, peeling, swollen, crusted, or otherwise healing.
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Malana VanTyler,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 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.
Wigs can cost thousands of dollars and are often not covered by insurance.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Oct. 2026
As for the stumps left behind, Federal Emergency Management Agency rules said that if a tree is more than 24 inches in diameter or is leaning more than 51%, it’s covered under FEMA reimbursement, Public Works Director Brad Baxter said.