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Felicity Winkles, who leads the Smartphone Free Childhood movement in the South East, said the group had seen a spike in support since the release of Adolescence on Netflix.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

In 1974, he became the Angels’ third-base coach and managed the team for four midseason games after Bobby Winkles was fired and before Dick Williams was hired, going 2-2.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Reflecting on the history of his own family and of the Van Winkles, he meditates on the nature and value of traditions, on how ancestral voices, though physically gone, can still reach across the years.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020

They are Rip van Winkles, shows that slept for years and now, having awoken, are being forced to reckon with The World Today.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2018

"Redwood," said Bensington; "it's a curious thing to say, I know, but—do you think Winkles understands?"

From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)