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"The coastline flanking the sea arch has shown signs of instability for years," NPS, which warned in 2021 that the arch would eventually crumble, said in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

His photographs capture not only the movie houses but their ornate facades and decay -- a record of a cultural landscape disappearing as cinemas are demolished, converted into multiplexes or left to crumble.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Seiler wanted to know whether researchers could recover writing from these carbonized scrolls without physically unrolling them, an action that could cause the brittle papyrus to crumble into black dust.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

But in the months since, his pageant dreams have begun to crumble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Farmer knows he will always have his critics with their notions about efficiency, about cost-effectiveness, about how PIH and Zanmi Lasante will crumble and fold without Jim or Paul to keep them alive.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

As sentiment about AI crumbles, Klement said the stock market could fall about 35% — hence his 5,000 target for the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Cake crumbles, graham-cracker crust toppings and star-spangled sprinkles are a whole other challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

But it’s now clear that once you abandon all restraint and say the ends justify the means, even if there’s an argument for it, the whole legal edifice crumbles.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

And that brings us to another issue - the lack of a plan B if the line crumbles again.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

The 33-year-old says his "entire world crumbled from a phone call" when he was told his eight-year-old daughter had fallen at her school in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Sri Lanka lost two wickets without a run on the board and crumbled to 45 all out in less than 10 overs of chaos that included three run-outs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

One source familiar with the negotiations said the states had four separate votes against settling on Sunday, but the resistance eventually crumbled with word that the WGA was backing out of the fight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Swedish American Investment Corp. put most of its assets under the sway of Ivar Kreuger, an aggressive dealmaker who later died in an apparent suicide after his business empire crumbled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The sky crumbled into a set of destructive storms and out of the north came hurricanes that scattered roofs about and knocked down walls and uprooted every last plant of the banana groves.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The reason for the veteran manager's upbeat vibe was because of his players' response after crumbling in the first half of their Europa League loss to Benfica.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Beyond staff shortages, teachers and pupils must also contend with crumbling school buildings, which a 2023 Senate report estimated would require billions of euros to renovate and adapt to a changing climate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

As part of his preparations for the series, Bartlett went on a photo-taking expedition through Seattle and Tacoma, collecting imagery of Pacific Northwest grunge to share with his artists: crumbling walls, fire escapes, water towers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Protesters are demanding the government boost spending on the education system by fixing crumbling infrastructure, reducing class sizes and hiring new teachers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

She frowns at the picture of the crumbling tower and the falling figure.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern