Example Sentences

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Other myths about bitcoin have been crumbling for years.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

The incentives in our very own frustrating game have been crumbling for years, as has our faith in its ostensible controllers.

From Slate • May 24, 2018

In 2017, big studios’ would-be money makers have been crumbling all around us.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2017

“In the same way that our buildings have been crumbling for 40 years because we have not been maintaining them, our libraries have been faltering,” she said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2015

Property and royalty have been crumbling to pieces ever since the world began.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)