encrusted

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In Traynor’s vision, lighters, can openers and outlet covers are reimagined as exquisite pieces of Brutalist art, crisscrossed with strips of tin, encrusted with sea glass and stones.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

The wind reached 100 miles an hour, the waves rose to 50 feet, and the ice that encrusted the deck must have weighed tons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

They show the prow of a wooden ship, encrusted with marine life, a few bronze cannons scattered across the sand, and blue-and-white porcelain and gold coins shining on the ocean floor.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

Trays laden with dirty dishes, leftovers, encrusted silverware and much worse slowly inched their way toward me on a conveyor belt.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2024

So I went to bed with a grimy face and yuck- encrusted teeth.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick