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  • present tense form of crumb (3rd person singular).
  • plural of crumb.
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crumbs



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Next week, I’ll be back with five flexible recipes to keep in your pocket for market day—including the jammy squash pasta with chèvre and cornbread crumbs that started this whole reeducation.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

One consequence of this winner-take-all market is that the corporations not at the top of the profit ladder are forced to fight over little more than the crumbs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Certainly, I felt a bit like Odysseus as I crept — drained, disoriented and trailing popcorn crumbs like Ithican sand — out into the sun.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

There is an absence of creative and dynamic central midfielders, a shortage of wingers with real pace and a serious problem in making chances for strikers who are forced to live off crumbs.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

I then brush the crumbs still on the front of my jersey onto him.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner



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