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as in to crumple
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
the guest rumpled the antique bedspread by lying down on it
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as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the aunt would invariably rumple the little boy's hair whenever she came to visit
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Recent Examples of rumple
For in-person meetings, disorganization looks like this: Carrying too much, shuffling papers, reaching into your bag repeatedly for various things, or looking rumpled like a television detective.
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Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
Soon after, Trump walked into the lobby, slightly rumpled, in a long black coat and a white shirt with a few buttons undone.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Hunt Broken Country The best winter range is often rumpled badlands adjacent to hay and grainfields.
—Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
On one of the double beds, the rust-orange spread is rumpled; outside the door to the bathroom, there is water in the sink.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
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Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
Soon after, Trump walked into the lobby, slightly rumpled, in a long black coat and a white shirt with a few buttons undone.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Hunt Broken Country The best winter range is often rumpled badlands adjacent to hay and grainfields.
—Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
On one of the double beds, the rust-orange spread is rumpled; outside the door to the bathroom, there is water in the sink.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
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Seconds later, the truck races back into view, barreling over Sloan, still crumpled on the ground, and fatally mowing down Carter, who had been standing on the sidewalk.Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
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Videos circulating on social media and verified by NBC News, showed several men watching the strike on Lebanon's capital from a distance, standing by their cars as the building crumples.Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Brown is running as a blue-collar populist, sporting a gravelly voice and often wrinkled suit that emphasize his everyman bona fides.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Assuming that wrinkles help with trunk flexibility, this would be consistent with other differences between the species—namely, that African elephants have two finger-like appendages at the ends of their trunks that allow for small pinching maneuvers, while Asian elephants have just one.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
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In this gentle novel, an elderly widow finds her solitary routine disrupted by a mouse, setting off a sequence of events that reconnects with the larger world.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Plans to position it as an awards-season contender were disrupted when Italy snubbed Oscar-winner Sorrentino and chose Maura Delpero’s Venice Silver Lion winner Vermiglio as its entry for best international feature.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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Another recent work, Goblin Girl (2021), shows a green-skinned creature, her face scrunched up in an indescribable expression—a silly grin, perhaps, or maybe something more menacing.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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With clean hands, scrunch and crush collard greens thoroughly until leaves turn dark green and are slightly wilted, 2 to 3 minutes.Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2024
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His father stood waiting for him with his arms folded and his brow furrowed.John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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Above this din—at a small desk inside the Mandala Hotel—Canadian archaeologist Raven Todd DaSilva furrows through a three-ring binder brimming with dividers and loose leaf paper.Joe Sills, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The same account posted a separate video showing a woman collecting her jacket from the back of her chair and shuffling past other people to get out of the row.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Things could be shuffled here soon after three linemen left the game with injuries.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
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Mistake: Leaving Clothes Vulnerable Don’t take the decision of whether to fold or hang clothes lightly.Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
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Here’s what that means Solana Beach council receives update on Highway 101 pedestrian crossing project Joe Gomez closes ‘tough’ chapter in returning to England fold after 3 1/2-year absence Russia’s Belgorod region is under attack again from Ukraine.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
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Raw denim jeans were prominent, worn cuffed and creased and oversized and baggy.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Revox 7 serum also contains gamma-aminobutyric acid, another form of amino acid that reduces the appearance of prominent lines and skin creasing.Sarah Han, Allure, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Rumple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumple. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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