crumble

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In fact, tailwinds from 2025 are becoming headwinds, as energy prices climb and the K-shaped recovery starts to crumble: “Paper-rich consumers supported spending by running down savings, however this is already dissipating,’ Carroll writes.

From Barron's

Years later, as a documentary filmmaker, Sadia traveled to India and Pakistan, pursuing the surviving remnants—crumbling synagogues, documents, old pieces of furniture—that could give context to her grandmother’s tales.

From The Wall Street Journal

Decades of poverty and the crumbling of Cuba’s once-idealized healthcare system have sparked widespread disillusionment, said Ted Henken, a professor of Cuban studies at Baruch College in New York.

From Los Angeles Times

But the project is not just about saving a crumbling structure.

From BBC

The infrastructure was crumbling and travelling alone was unwise.

From BBC