way the cookie crumbles
Example Sentences
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Sometimes, with fiction, it’s sic biscuitus disintegratum — that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2021
It rings so hollow and yet that’s the answer to all my unanswerable questions: that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2019
That sucks for them, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2019
"I'm OK, it's the way the cookie crumbles," the world and European indoor sprint champion said.
From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2010
That may well be the way the cookie crumbles off Newport in the days ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
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