crumble

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Venezuela's interim leader declared a state of emergency Wednesday as two massive earthquakes caused buildings in the capital to crumble and forced the closure of the country's main airport.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

But feminists should not be cowed — and not just because this case, a version of which was already litigated in Carroll’s favor, is likely to crumble in court.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

"I used to have too much respect and would crumble against these sorts of players but over the last four or five years I've got more belief."

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

When Belknap refused Holmes’s offer, Holmes seemed to crumble with hurt and disappointment.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

It’s not like it used to be, back in the bad old days of crumbles and collapses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 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

For an indulgent breakfast option, she suggests making a tiramisu chia seed pudding with freshly-brewed espresso, oat milk, chia seeds, granola crumbles and a cacao dusting.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

Every time a player leaps from one isle to another, the isle left behind crumbles away.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

The celebrations turned deadly around midnight in the town of Ciudad Rodrigo in the west, after a fountain crumbled under the weight of supporters who had climbed onto it.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 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

Serve hot with crumbled Cotija cheese, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

Daniela Oropeza, 34, who works in tourism and lives in the seaside community of Catia La Mar, said a district known as Playa Grande had crumbled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

They found a few crumbled stairways, but nothing that even came close to the rampart.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

It’s harder when you’ve lived a longer life and things are built in a certain way and it’s hard to have that crumbling down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

As their impatience grows, the window for Odysseus to reclaim his kingdom and restore a crumbling world to Zeus’ law — essentially open-hearted hospitality and treating others as you’d be treated — is closing.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

When I met Andreina outside a crumbling building on Saturday, she told me her son and partner were still trapped inside, along with her partner's mother, father, grandparents and sister.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

The disaster left thousands sleeping outdoors, flattened neighborhoods from Caracas’s tightly packed districts to the ocean-view communities on the Caribbean, and exposed the country’s crumbling emergency-response system after years of economic collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

But when he said he was crumbling under the guilt, I couldn't bring myself to say any of that.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse