crumbly

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Slice-and-bake cookies, whether rich shortbreads like the one here or crumbly sablés, are supposedly goofproof.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Towering at 300 feet tall, the crumbly ocher cliffs of Palos Verdes Estates boast breathtaking views of Los Angeles’ coastline.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Instead of going for drinks at a fancy London bar and getting a black cab home, we often split a bottle of cheap Tesco wine at one of our crammed and crumbly flats.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

If you’re dealing with a dry or crumbly cake, Baldwin’s first guess is over-baking.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2024

The vertical ice walls were as crumbly as a bucket of ice-cubes half-thawed, then refrozen.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer