crumbling

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Crumbling houses line the streets, watched over by a solitary clock tower.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Crumbling boats and thin staffing have reduced sailings and made service unpredictable.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

Crumbling studios where Star Wars and The Crown were filmed need at least £150m to secure their future, according to a council report.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023

Crumbling glaciers at the edge of the ocean account for about half of those losses, with the other half coming from melting ice at the surface of the ice sheet.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2023

Crumbling brick warehouses, oil storage tanks, rusting cranes, and gritty factories lined both sides of the waterway.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown