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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Yet even the best projections can crumble if, say, a parent loses a high-paying job or diverts money from their own retirement account to fund a 529 plan.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Because the enzymes worked in sequence, the material did not simply crumble into smaller plastic fragments.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

"I couldn't believe the effect it had on the concrete. It just disintegrates. You can crumble it in your fingers - it almost turns to dust."

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

And now it’s been left to slowly crumble away.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The toasted sourdough crumbles, more ice shavings than proper pucks, also lowered the score.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

"The irony is now we're just studying a regular comet and it crumbles in front of our eyes," said principal investigator Dennis Bodewits, also a professor in Auburn University's Department of Physics.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

"We watch a weather report and our whole world crumbles around us - it's taken a toll on our health if I'm perfectly honest with you - it's taken over our lives," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

The water crumbles on its way down as my hands and feet push me forward.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Top each generously with chèvre — crumbled if firm, dolloped if soft and spreadable — and about ¼ cup of the crisp cornbread crumbs.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Hundreds of former regime security officials fled to Russia, as well as Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, when the regime crumbled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

In the aftermath, former England captain Wayne Rooney said Tuchel's side "crumbled" and became "too passive" as they missed out on a first World Cup final since they won the competition in 1966.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Andrea Canonico focused on her breathing to stay calm as she lay trapped under a building that had crumbled during the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela last week.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

He frowned at the arching gate, then snorted at the crumbled gilded leaves in a pile off to the side.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The steady decrease in quality is unmistakable, and it’s perfectly conceivable that even a day-one Marvel enthusiast would feel the facade crumbling at some point.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

The retirement myth of endless golf games or fishing trips melting into decades of elder bliss has been crumbling for decades.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Their observations appear to describe a military that is adapting, not crumbling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

"We will not allow any nation to determine our future. We will set our own course to keep building Canada strong for all," Carney said Friday, as negotiations for a bilateral trade deal were crumbling.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Since the old Aristotelian doctrine was crumbling, Descartes, true to his Jesuit training, tried to use nought and infinity to replace the old proof of God’s existence.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife