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Recent Examples of cakedMy sneakers caked tall with snow.—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026 Also, a magenta bed once owned by a Vegas drag queen that couldn’t be restored in time for the show (too much hair spray caked on the headboard).—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026 Try Audible for free Hands caked with mud, fingertips diced by a thousand tiny cuts, and my wheels were spinning again.—CBS News, 1 May 2026 Cleaning your stovetop can be a pain, especially when food has caked onto the burners.—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 May 2026 If your gardening tools have rust or caked-on dirt from their last use, vinegar can help.—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026 Green is slightly stronger for cleaning lightly caked grime, while yellow is strong enough to strip off paint.—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026 The interior gauges, caked in 50 years of dust, are beautiful, with a peculiar toggle switch in the center of the dashboard that looks like it was taken from an RAF Spitfire fighter plane.—Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2026 Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
But the pigment and gum are largely invisible, because harding and Upkett smeared them with white paint used by the Carnegie Museum to cover its walls.
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Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
The Orbánists first ignored them, then smeared them.
Such hospitality was reserved for a narrow category of humanity, resembling as closely as possible those local barons whose surnames crusted the stones of local cemeteries.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
What's Included Among the entrees are two varieties of salmon (coconut macadamia nut-crusted or grilled), chicken (either grilled or lightly breaded), London broil, marinara beef meatballs and turkey meat loaf.
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Joseph Erbentraut,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Mar. 2026
The woman said her jewelry, which included multiple David Yurman pieces with precious stones and some that were diamond-encrusted, was stolen from her luggage during a layover on April 11, a police affidavit said.
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Jeff A. Chamer
May 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 May 2026
Go with buttery scallops or fresh grouper encrusted in coconut for your entrée or opt for some sushi, like the sunset roll—tuna, avocado, octopus, shrimp tempura, and a spicy soy sauce.
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Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
Most modern non-toxic ceramic pans are actually aluminum or stainless steel pans coated with a thin spray-on layer designed to mimic ceramic’s slick, nonstick surface.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2026
Thus, entries at the show range from six-digit customs (above) to mopeds covered in glitter (below) to daily riders still coated in road grime.
The fan continued over the barrier, fell in front of a red ad for a local butcher shop and landed in an area covered by grass and dirt at the west end of the bullpen.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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