crumble

But cliffs tend to crumble slowly over time, punctuated with a sudden collapse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Venezuela's interim leader declared a state of emergency Wednesday as two massive earthquakes caused buildings in the capital to crumble and forced the closure of the country's main airport.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Parents should ask themselves, “Would you really be paying this much if it wasn’t your baby? If the answer is no, then the strategy is going to crumble the second there is any IRS scrutiny.”

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

The evidence suggests that extreme heating from the Sun is cracking the asteroid's surface, releasing trapped gases and causing the body to slowly crumble apart.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

He saw the permafrost walls of ponds and lakes crumble and flood.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

But it’s now clear that once you abandon all restraint and say the ends justify the means, even if there’s an argument for it, the whole legal edifice crumbles.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

She added, “Today, that narrative crumbles, and it does so with the full force of a court ruling.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 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

When she bit off the top, the yolk fell in golden crumbles onto the scarred wooden table.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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

Hundreds of former regime security officials fled to Russia, as well as Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, when the regime crumbled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

I crumbled some of the cornbread into olive oil and toasted it in a skillet.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

In the aftermath, former England captain Wayne Rooney said Tuchel's side "crumbled" and became "too passive" as they missed out on a first World Cup final since they won the competition in 1966.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

This morning I crumbled some of the remaining corn bread in some milk and took it to him for breakfast.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Chinese-provided solar panels have popped up across the country, offering an unlikely bright spot for a power grid plagued by fuel shortages, crumbling infrastructure and near-daily blackouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Kate Brown, a Sunset Square resident for 21 years, wanted to renovate the low wall outside her house in 2021, as well as paint the exterior and repair the crumbling stairs entering the property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Big picture: Worries about a crumbling labor market at the end of last year have mostly gone away.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Jennings argues there are crumbling shopping centres all over the country, hit by online shopping, that could do the job.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The longer I stand here, staring up at this crumbling place, the more this whole thing seems way out of left field.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone