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But it does suggest that the movement is crumbling under the weight of its own contradictions.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

It was Clouseau, or whichever character he was playing, who was trying to maintain his dignity and failing miserably but trying to hold on to a sense of self and composure while everything is crumbling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Everything built of concrete is crumbling, whether in the U.S.,

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Across the region—from Cairo to Doha and from Ankara to Ramallah—the ideological scaffolding that has long propped up extremist movements is crumbling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

It’s like everything normal is crumbling around me, one by one.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks