as in to deteriorate
to become worse or of less value
the stock of the energy company crumbled after the revelations of fraud and mismanagement
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Recent Examples of crumble
Without maintenance and new parts, the copper becomes thin enough to crumble into dust.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Young Thug has seemingly seen the world around him crumble with every misstep and leaked jail phone call.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
The blindfold meant none of them could see the colossal tower of cans already in the room, just a foot tap away from crumbling to the ground.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
The film, based on a novel by Karina Sainz Borgo, stars Natalia Reyes as a woman forced to grapple with the death of her mother against the backdrop of a crumbling city and a gang that has overtaken her apartment building.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Young Thug has seemingly seen the world around him crumble with every misstep and leaked jail phone call.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
The blindfold meant none of them could see the colossal tower of cans already in the room, just a foot tap away from crumbling to the ground.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
The film, based on a novel by Karina Sainz Borgo, stars Natalia Reyes as a woman forced to grapple with the death of her mother against the backdrop of a crumbling city and a gang that has overtaken her apartment building.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
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Also on display was a 1774 letter from King George III to Prime Minister Lord North, acknowledging the escalating rebellion in the American colonies and referencing the Boston Tea Party as a pivotal moment in deteriorating relations.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In the weeks after the phone call, the relationship between the two countries deteriorated.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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During Bilbao’s Semana Grande, Jone lives her first love with Olga, as her father’s Parkinson’s illness worsens.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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Alert fatigue worsens the already serious effects of the industry’s widening talent gap.—
Eyal Benishti,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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To manage the thousands of people who descend daily, operators have studied visitors’ behavior and engineered their parks to move people around without anyone realizing they’re being nudged.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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In September and October, the core of the Milky Way is visible as soon as twilight descends.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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Local police sought to have an alert sent out the Friday before they were found dead, but the agency that manages the program in Washington state declined to do so.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Investors eventually demanded their money back, causing Artamonov to return less than $400,000 by paying original investors with money from new investors or by declining to reimburse them at all, the indictment said.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Crumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumble. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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