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as in scrunches
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket
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as in collapses
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it
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Recent Examples of crumples
My now-husband and I were newly a couple and still working out the kinks and crumples in an evolving relationship.
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Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
The man crumples to the ground while the officer turns to walk away as the other officers stand by.
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Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Oct. 2025
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
The man crumples to the ground while the officer turns to walk away as the other officers stand by.
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Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Oct. 2025
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Four exercises, including the toe scrunches, to help improve balance.
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The clear formula is lightweight but substantial enough to create a cast that scrunches out softly, leaving hair touchable instead of stiff.
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Corruption deepened, the economy entered one of the worst collapses in modern history, and a humanitarian crisis pushed close to a third of the population out of the country.
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By contrast, Roberts’s opinion in Slaughter collapses this distinction.
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For makeup that tends to crease or settle into fine lines, the challenge is finding a powder that sets without collecting where skin naturally folds.
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Goddard is a wheelchair user and worries about what will be available for her if her institution folds.
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The glowing ribbon of the Milky Way tumbles directly through this cosmic triangle before arcing towards the southern horizon, though its diffuse light will be hidden behind a veil of moonlight on the night of the full moon.
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Then the wisdom tumbles like Milk Duds fresh from the concessionaire.
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That’s because the set is made from ribbed fabric that disguises wrinkles well and gives the set a more stylish edge.
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There are still some lingering discrepancies, wrinkles that the team thinks other collisions between particles with sizes between protons and iron could help to iron out.
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“Crumples.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumples. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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