crumbs
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The Union of High School students described the initial announcements last week as "crumbs".
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Next week, I’ll be back with five flexible recipes to keep in your pocket for market day—including the jammy squash pasta with chèvre and cornbread crumbs that started this whole reeducation.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
One consequence of this winner-take-all market is that the corporations not at the top of the profit ladder are forced to fight over little more than the crumbs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Certainly, I felt a bit like Odysseus as I crept — drained, disoriented and trailing popcorn crumbs like Ithican sand — out into the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
I ask, running my fingers over my lips, feeling for sandwich crumbs.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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