crumbly
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During the first 500,000 years, the amount of crumbly material dropped before rising again over the following million years.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
An oil driller tapped into the wet, crumbly ore at Florence in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 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
The porous, sweet bite of melon, the crumbly salinity of feta, the flaky salt crystals, the mint, the balsamic—it was revelatory.
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
It was dry and crumbly and tasteless, not like Mother’s at all.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
It will be crumblier when you make it without gluten, but the heartiness makes up for that.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
The resulting cake is crumblier — because duh, it doesn't have the fat! — but it's good.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2022
This fall, we set out to publish the most delicious apple-cranberry crisp recipe of all time — one that was bursting with juicy fruit, lightly spiced, with the butteriest, crumbliest topping.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2022
