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Example Sentences

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Today, leaders have learnt that austerity isn’t just unpopular but has also led to weak militaries and crumbling infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal

This was the first time I've seen them look vulnerable and that doesn't mean this is going to set the tone for the rest of the campaign, or that they will crumble from here.

From BBC

Despite concrete’s omnipresence, he finds that it hasn’t been around very long, and yet, to our peril it’s already crumbling around us.

From Los Angeles Times

The only railway line to the south-west of England has been partially shut until further notice after a sea wall next to it crumbled in a storm.

From BBC

He warned that Nvidia’s profit margins could crumble as competitors develop their own cost-efficient chips.

From MarketWatch