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[krohm] / kroʊm /




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“Let’s be honest, reimagining and changing an old airplane, it would be like putting chrome wheels in a Honda Civic from the late ‘70s,” Aimer said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

More than 600 people work at the site, which manufactures about 400,000 tonnes of tin, chrome and coated steels for the packaging industry every year.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

But should it become necessary to defend the honor of the Empire, a chrome button on the steering wheel activates Infinity Mode.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

But Neil and the chrome hearts would also swap their axes for acoustic guitars.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2025

Kimberly asked, leading the way into a kitchen of shiny chrome and granite and affluent empty space.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

As it ought to be, the interior is spectacular, with traditional eyeball vents and chromed organ-pull dampers sharing space with discretely deployed digital displays and other modern conveniences.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

One part was chromed, the other stainless steel.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2023

He designed two celebrated chairs, the Cesca and the Wassily — both were framed in chromed tubular steel and succinctly captured the Bauhaus synthesis of abstract geometries and industrial techniques.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2022

Fernández’s show features four 2019 works from her “Dark Earth” series, chromed metal panels inscribed with horizontal lines and sketched with mountain scenes rendered in multiple media, notably chunky charcoal.

From Washington Post Nov. 23, 2021

Chrome mordanted wool should be dyed without delay, as it is rather sensitive to light, especially the yellow sort, which gradually changes into the green sort of chromed wool.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

Platers will have to switch to less toxic — and less shiny, and more expensive — chroming material, something Rodriguez doesn’t think his peers and customers will embrace.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2023

Gonzalez explained that the steel is far cheaper than chroming, but few customers ask for it.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2023

After migrating to the United States as a teenager, Rodriguez so wanted to work at a chroming facility that he started by cleaning bathrooms and delivering parts.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2023

When all the stripping, chroming, raking, molding, metal flaking and polishing are done, a chopper, righteously gleaming from fishtail exhaust to brakeless front wheel, may have cost its owner $5,000 in materials and labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

By chroming a darker and faster olive is got.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin




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