crumbled
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One man told the BBC that he had just delivered an Amazon package to apartment number 2 in the complex minutes before it crumbled.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
That looseness doomed Texas all afternoon long, as a 10-point lead crumbled into their first defeat of the season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Powerful waves crumbled large sections of the boardwalk on the Long Beach Peninsula and left several homes with severe structural damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The powerful surf exacerbated by the morning's high tide slammed into coastal communities, including Long Beach, where signficiant sections of the boardwalk crumbled under the pounding waves and several homes suffered serious structural damage.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The ground under his left foot, the one closest to the void, crumbled and sent a shower of stone and dirt into the darkness.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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