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Seiler wanted to know whether researchers could recover writing from these carbonized scrolls without physically unrolling them, an action that could cause the brittle papyrus to crumble into black dust.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

And while deepening ties with Europe would be welcomed by many Canadians, there is still a sense that the country's relationship with the US - however strained - must not crumble.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But in the months since, his pageant dreams have begun to crumble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Yet even the best projections can crumble if, say, a parent loses a high-paying job or diverts money from their own retirement account to fund a 529 plan.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

I picked up the bag and felt its contents crumble and turn to dust.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Cake crumbles, graham-cracker crust toppings and star-spangled sprinkles are a whole other challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

"Today, that narrative crumbles, and it does so with the full force of a court ruling."

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

It’s not like it used to be, back in the bad old days of crumbles and collapses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

"The irony is now we're just studying a regular comet and it crumbles in front of our eyes," said principal investigator Dennis Bodewits, also a professor in Auburn University's Department of Physics.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

One source familiar with the negotiations said the states had four separate votes against settling on Sunday, but the resistance eventually crumbled with word that the WGA was backing out of the fight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Swedish American Investment Corp. put most of its assets under the sway of Ivar Kreuger, an aggressive dealmaker who later died in an apparent suicide after his business empire crumbled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"Sometimes I still look at him and think, 'how has he done this?'. How has he not just crumbled? I am just in awe of him."

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Top each generously with chèvre — crumbled if firm, dolloped if soft and spreadable — and about ¼ cup of the crisp cornbread crumbs.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

These officials had never believed him before, but their former skepticism had crumbled under the weight of new developments.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

A dangerously nondurable kind of concrete was used for a recently built skyscraper that is already crumbling from the inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Elsewhere in Miami, prominent Cuban-Americans are mapping out a provisional government, recruiting engineers to study floating power stations, and strategizing on repairs to the island’s crumbling infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

But that highly-profitable model is currently crumbling as courts are increasingly treating college athletic conferences as cartels engaged in anti-competitive price-fixing.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

"I felt like my whole life was just kind of crumbling before me.. .and I was just trying to get through the day," she says in the documentary.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The crumbling ruins were bleached so white, they almost glowed.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan