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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crumble
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In San Francisco, a development called Hunters View built in 1956 to provide temporary workforce housing was still inhabited and badly deteriorating by the early 2000s.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But the relations have deteriorated significantly since the start of the war in Gaza, with Israeli officials voicing growing anger at Qatar, accusing the government of harboring Hamas and not putting enough pressure on it to agree to a ceasefire.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Anger has been brewing in the Himalayan nation for years about the country’s worsening youth unemployment and lack of economic opportunities, exacerbated by what many view as a growing disparity between the country’s elite and regular people.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Pink Light takes the inspiring sports drama genre, where athletes have to overcome obstacles in their sport and personal lives, in a new direction as Browne tackles the worsening debate around trans athletes in the media and political spaces.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
12 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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Ross, one of the Democrats to decline AIPAC money, is a relative centrist, according to a GovTrack scorecard, while Foushee and McGarvey, Kentucky’s only House Democrat, are in the middle of the pack ideologically.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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That has declined over the years because of budget constraints.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Crumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumble. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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