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Sometimes, with fiction, it’s sic biscuitus disintegratum — that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2021

It’s hard to say, “Karl has been increasingly getting into trouble while hanging out with Marx, and we’re taking a break from it” to his pleasant-seeming grandfather, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2019

If anything it gives the other side added motivation but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2010

"I'm OK, it's the way the cookie crumbles," the world and European indoor sprint champion said.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2010

That may well be the way the cookie crumbles off Newport in the days ahead.

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