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[krohm] / kroʊm /




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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

Few automobile exteriors are ever finished like this, with its broad, sterling-like chrome garnishes at the lower grille intakes, the rocker panels, exhaust outlets and bumpers, all smoothed perfectly into the blown-glass curvatures.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

A few additions are purely Adams including some of the photos she took and had framed and a set of modern chrome cat bowls.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

Hexavalent chromium, commonly known as chrome, is best known for providing shiny, rust-resistant coating to auto parts, aviation components and tools.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 2025

Clamped to the handle of the cart was a chrome motorcycle mirror that he used to watch the road behind them.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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

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

Such vehicles, elaborately painted and chromed and fitted out with volcanic stereo systems, function as both sound machines and art objects.

From New York Times Jul. 15, 2021

She said she loves Phasma’s chromed appearance and genderless power.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2017

After being chromed in this for about half an hour they are well washed.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

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

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

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

After chroming, wash thoroughly to remove all traces of acid.

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




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