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rimed

verb

past tense of rime

as in coated

to cover with a hardened layer frost riming the doorknob

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Drawings in metalpoint must be made on paper coated with a slightly abrasive ground, which is often tinted.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
The drops slid about four centimeters, picked up a charge, rolled off the edge, and then fell five millimeters onto a copper plate coated with a 60-nanometer film of Teflon, which is one of the most chemically resistant coatings on the market today.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

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Irving’s lighthouse, built for the 1893 World’s Fair, was salt crusted, wind battered, and timeworn, at once a shithole and a feat of civil engineering.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Sliced turkey comes in a handful of styles, including smoked, honey-roasted, pepper-crusted and herb-roasted, as well as low-sodium, organic and 95% fat-free.

— Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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Inside the Imam Hussein shrine, pilgrims in men's and women's sections press against the gold and silver-encrusted latticework around the spot where he was killed, many striking their foreheads in grief.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
The fan guards in the walk-in cooler was encrusted with residue.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

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Camille can still picture Burke standing over her, fake blood smeared across her dress.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
There’s rarely anything as straightforward as a kick drum, a hi-hat, or even a bassline here; instead, everything is smeared, all origins occulted in a thicket of echoes and reflections.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

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