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That’s reductive — the cookie doesn’t crumble quite so.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Parents should ask themselves, “Would you really be paying this much if it wasn’t your baby? If the answer is no, then the strategy is going to crumble the second there is any IRS scrutiny.”
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
The evidence suggests that extreme heating from the Sun is cracking the asteroid's surface, releasing trapped gases and causing the body to slowly crumble apart.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
"I used to have too much respect and would crumble against these sorts of players but over the last four or five years I've got more belief."
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
It was like a miracle; but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumble into dust and passed from our sight.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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