crumbling

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But it does suggest that the movement is crumbling under the weight of its own contradictions.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

For days, Soviet authorities hid the catastrophe from the world -- a disaster that further weakened the already crumbling USSR, which collapsed in 1991.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Anthony Slaughter, leader of the Greens in Wales, said the NHS was "crumbling and services are stretched beyond belief".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

It came in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when crumbling junk-bond portfolios led to losses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

I remember those ruins: they seemed scary, all gray, crumbling stone and spider webs.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall