as in nerve
shameless boldness
the grandchildren had the crust to ask for more money after wasting the first handout
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Recent Examples of crust
Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Julia Child laid out tiles in her oven to soak up the oven’s heat and transfer it to the crust for extra crispiness.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
The pressure that once compressed the Earth’s crust eases, and Greenland and its collection of coastal islands rises by millimeters each year.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
Arctic winters are getting wetter, and freezing rain can create an icy crust on the snow.
—Barbara Moran, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rare earth elements, a subsection of critical minerals that refer to 17 metals found throughout the earth's crust, have become increasingly important to several high-tech sectors crucial to security and development, like renewable energy, electronics, defense, communications, and healthcare.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Julia Child laid out tiles in her oven to soak up the oven’s heat and transfer it to the crust for extra crispiness.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
The pressure that once compressed the Earth’s crust eases, and Greenland and its collection of coastal islands rises by millimeters each year.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
Arctic winters are getting wetter, and freezing rain can create an icy crust on the snow.
—Barbara Moran, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crust
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Fuentes's election night video, however, struck a nerve among leftists, who ended up leaking his home address online.Peter Aitken, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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If a nerve is affected, leg numbness or weakness may also occur.6 Spondylolisthesis Spondylolisthesis occurs when a vertebra slips forward over the one below it, potentially leading to nerve compression.Sarah Jividen, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
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If earwax is stubbornly caked on, adding a tiny bit of hydrogen peroxide (three-percent concentration only) to the toothbrush can help break it up.Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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The look, executed with a single line of top lash liner and false lashes caked with black nail polish, has been woven into the fabric of my imagination ever since.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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Chris Rock got a hand (and a gall bladder) from one of his old Saturday Night Live castmates this week.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Dec. 2024
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And Big Government had the gall to charge me $35 to get in?Peter Rubin, Longreads, 19 Sep. 2024
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Beijing has accused Washington of fabricating the charges to smear China's image, Reuters reports.Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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And on the streets of Tripoli in the north, there are spicy fish sandwiches served on pita bread smeared with toum.Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Kudos are also due Christian Probst as a prince without a drop of royal arrogance.Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2024
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Barack Obama came across to his foes as the principle of arrogance.Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Generously coat the inside of a large bundt pan with softened butter. 2.Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
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As wind blew air through a mesh coated with catalysts to extract nitrogen and hydrogen from water vapor, the device produced enough ammonia with a sufficiently high concentration for use as a hydroponic fertilizer – all without the need for additional electricity or radiation.New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
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Diners can pick a combo, choose a flight of sauces or mix sauces and sides to create the perfect meal.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
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This will land in your regular dinner rotation, especially with the inclusion of our tangy dipping sauce.Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
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Additional accent stones are encrusted into each side of the band to create a majestic-looking piece that sparkles in the sunlight.Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
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The statement jewelry also supported a large coin pendant, which was encrusted in a plate of diamonds and emeralds.Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 June 2023
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“Crust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crust. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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