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crumb

[kruhm] / krʌm /


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Abdullah Shafique: The only Pakistan batter to reach fifty or emerge with any crumb of credit after 61 in the first innings.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The oil-based recipe yielded an airy yet moist crumb that was not overwhelmingly sweet—something true of all of Ms. de Ferrier’s cakes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

A soft, spice-warmed cake that layers apples three ways—applesauce in the crumb, roasted chunks folded through and a tangy apple butter frosting on top.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2026

"For me and for Riva-Mae, we tend to get stomach aches and digestive issues if we even eat a crumb of gluten. My son would be physically sick," she said.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

“She’s been known to leave a bit of a bread crumb trail; is that right?”

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

The golden slab loses a few crumbs over the tablecloth when cut and grabbed.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Certainly, I felt a bit like Odysseus as I crept — drained, disoriented and trailing popcorn crumbs like Ithican sand — out into the sun.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

There is an absence of creative and dynamic central midfielders, a shortage of wingers with real pace and a serious problem in making chances for strikers who are forced to live off crumbs.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

But you have been given enough bread crumbs to keep you interested.

From MarketWatch Jun. 6, 2026

Now Mr. Dolan rose, dusting off invisible crumbs from his pants.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

But their fried chicken sandwich — made with crumbed chicken schnitzel, tarragon butter, lettuce and housemade pickle mayo on a steamed potato bun — is their bestseller.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2025

When dining out, choose plant-based options that are sautéed, grilled, baked, steamed, boiled or poached – instead of those that are crumbed or battered before deep frying.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2024

As FTX has crumbed, Mr. Bankman-Fried has been “working constructively with regulators, bankruptcy officials and the company to try to do what’s best for consumers,” he said on Sunday.

From New York Times Nov. 14, 2022

In my Tuscan family, it is only ever prepared one way, as cotolette di agnello fritte: crumbed, deep fried chops squirted with a lemon wedge.

From Slate Apr. 16, 2018

We three were still there around the crumbed table, dizzy with what she’d heard from Upstairs.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Al-Sadr has also been a harsh critic of widespread corruption in the oil-rich country torn by decades of violence, with a crumbing infrastructure, an impoverished majority and lack of basic services.

From Washington Times Aug. 12, 2022

Tucked into a hilltop, Pignola is pure Italian charm: crumbing stone buildings and narrow, unnavigable streets.

From New York Times Dec. 3, 2018

For four decades, Deshpande has ushered more than 50,000 students into this cramped, derelict building of corrugated metal and crumbing cement.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2014

When we got close, Lt Adekunle deployed three men to search the blackened and crumbing building.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2013

Use a broad knife to handle them with when crumbing.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald




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