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wrinkle

[ring-kuhl] / ˈrɪŋ kəl /




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The back-and-forth between Taylor Farms and regulators is the latest wrinkle that consumers have to navigate while they figure out what’s safe to eat right now.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The discovery could also broaden scientific thinking about wrinkle structures.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

Still, when game day arrived, Wright and his wife were all set to go, except for one major wrinkle: They never got the tickets.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

Both missions combine into one, with the wrinkle that Rotta doesn’t want to be returned to his relatives, whom he expects will kill him because he could potentially usurp them.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Or it might have been just a wrinkle in the paper, magnified and darkened by the camera.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Over time, those mats developed the distinctive wrinkles preserved in the rocks.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

Hugh Jackman plays Robin Hood in his final days, a loose retelling of a 500-year-old ballad, and seems to have ancient dirt creased into his wrinkles.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

One of the most powerful is retinol, which works by speeding up skin cell turnover, which can help reduce fine lines and wrinkles.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

Don’s suit is indented with billowing wrinkles, perhaps to suggest the idea of movement, as if the colossus is soaring through the air.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

Ms. Myers looked up, with a couple of wrinkles between her eyes.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

But based on the success of the streaming series “The Mandalorian,” set around the title bounty hunter, we can all agree that his charge Grogu — green, wrinkled, big-eyed Baby You-Know-Who — is still adorable.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

These small, wrinkled rodents can live for decades, rarely develop cancer, and seem unusually protected from many of the diseases that normally arrive with age.

From Science Daily May 10, 2026

He asked them to bring their “tools” — broom, stethoscope, an oxygen tank—and posed them against a lightly wrinkled cloth backdrop with natural light.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

About 30 minutes later, the White House posted the same image on the platform, but altered to show Armstrong sobbing, her mouth open, forehead wrinkled, and tears streaming down her face.

From Barron's Jan. 22, 2026

I wrinkled my nose and chose the seat as far away from them as humanly possible.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Those affected often develop early skin wrinkling, loss of skin elasticity, reduced body fat, hair loss, hardened arteries, and insulin resistance.

From Science Daily Nov. 7, 2025

But when I met him on the banks of the River Coln just outside Fairford, he was wrinkling his nose.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2024

“We had to hire someone to rip out the urine-soaked flooring from the previous tenants’ cats,” Guo says, wrinkling her nose as she recalled the aroma.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2023

For example, in Inuit culture, people often communicate with facial expressions, like raising their eyebrows for “yes” or wrinkling their nose for “no.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 12, 2023

Next to me, Emma sorts through Andre’s clothing, wrinkling her nose at the idea of touching sweaty boy socks, even though I assure her that everything is clean.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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