crumble

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The genre crumbled after roughly a decade, when Zambia was hit with a series of crises.

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In temperatures that touched 41 degrees at the Adelaide Oval, England crumbled to 213-8 in blameless batting conditions.

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"I've just had an unfortunate spill and it's the way the cookie crumbles. I'm doing alright now, I wasn't doing so well in the immediate aftermath of it, but looking forward to Christmas."

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Would they crumble under the pressure of the big moments?

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I had packed in a hurry to report on a war, never expecting the regime to crumble so fast.

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