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A huge wrinkle is that larger cities and metro areas benefit from economies of scale that help insulate them: they can afford dedicated OT security staff and redundant control systems.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Though they probably will have only four starting spots to fill in the postseason — and Yamamoto, Skubal, Snell and Glasnow can be penciled in when healthy — Ohtani’s build-up adds an interesting wrinkle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

I am now carrying a gorgeous straw tote and wearing linen that has somehow survived public transit without acquiring a wrinkle.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Here’s where my own reporting adds a wrinkle to Sobel’s economics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

An added wrinkle had to do with the Church.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

These include PFAS—or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances—to repel water and stains, formaldehyde-releasing resins to resist wrinkles, biocides to control odor, silicone softeners and dyes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The lyric is built almost entirely from humble, monosyllabic words: a warm smile, a soft cheek, a laugh that wrinkles the nose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

That gives AbbVie recurring exposure to aging consumers trying to address wrinkles and facial-volume loss — without making aesthetics the entire investment thesis.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

But this was a preseason game, a time to work out the many wrinkles, and the Chargers have more than three weeks before they open the regular season at home against Arizona.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

He had a brown, weathered face, smattered with wrinkles and folds from his forehead to his chin, but when he smiled—like he was doing now—all the lines settled at the corners of his eyes.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“Yes, there are laws,” said Jesus, his face wrinkled from years of harvesting garlic, pruning grape vines and picking blackberries in the sun-baked San Joaquin Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Elsewhere, steel structures appear variously deflated, vacuum-sealed, flopped, melted and wrinkled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

A slab of sedimentary rock was covered in a wrinkled texture that looked strikingly like elephant skin.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 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

She had peered over her shoulder, her face as wrinkled as last year’s potatoes, then held something up before she shoved it deep into the thatch.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

“I think it belittles memory,” she says, wrinkling her nose in distaste at the still-standing house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"I'm a bit scared," an elderly woman in a headscarf confessed, her face wrinkling into worry.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

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

“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

I cooked the kidneys, my nose wrinkling at their stink, and stirred the beans, although they hardly needed it.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam