crumbled

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I asked, as he paused, inviting a word He was standing by the stone figures within the porch And they crumbled--crumbled before my eyes in the awful heat.

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  • But his expression crumbled, taking on a haunted look. —  FSF,April2008
  • As the Ottoman empire crumbled, the advancing Europeans forced thousands of families off their lands and villages. —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • After that dynasty crumbled, the area fell to the hands of the their auxiliary capital.
  • His Bear stock holdings crumbled, and a hedge he put on to short financial stocks became a wash when JPMorgan acquired Bear. —  DealBook
  • This reality is unfortunate but true: Our economy has crumbled, and we will emerge from college standing amid the rubble. —  UCLA Stories
 

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