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Example Sentences
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Bake: Pour into the pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes, until golden and a tester comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 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
“Pocket has cake crumbs, charcoal pencil, tuppence. No book.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
