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crumbles
  • present tense form of crumble (3rd person singular).

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"The irony is now we're just studying a regular comet and it crumbles in front of our eyes," said principal investigator Dennis Bodewits, also a professor in Auburn University's Department of Physics.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Then add the feta as a single slab, not crumbles.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

And that brings us to another issue - the lack of a plan B if the line crumbles again.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

“Your mother was a rat, and that makes you a baby rat,” she spits, and Willa’s world crumbles further.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

When she bit off the top, the yolk fell in golden crumbles onto the scarred wooden table.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo