rumpled

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Vanessa Bonet of the installation art group Dedo Vabo watched over a mission-control monitor deck, as the buzzing craft climbed into room full of braying hippos in rumpled suits.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

In an Indian city, an unassuming, slightly rumpled comedian walks into the spotlight for the first time in months.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The shah heard news of the coup in Rome, where he arrived “a rumpled refugee,” according to the New York Daily News on Aug. 20, 1953.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

He saw the tall poplars and willows behind the house, in the fields where he stalked badgers, the rumpled hills covered in heather and bracken that spread for miles and miles, dotted with grazing sheep.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie