wrinkle
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Both the U.S. and Iranian teams discussed recent fighting in Lebanon with Qatari mediators, a conflict that has added another wrinkle to the process, people familiar with the discussions said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
As a result, wrinkle structures are uncommon in rocks younger than about 540 million years old, a period that coincides with a major expansion in animal diversity.
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
But its allegation that Meta downloaded its films to train its AI bots, rather than just for personal enjoyment, is a new wrinkle for an old issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Sometimes our Cuban neighbors wrinkle their foreheads in surprise when we speak.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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Their analysis showed elevated concentrations of carbon in the sediment layers directly beneath the wrinkles.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
It stated the mask was "clinically proven to reduce wrinkles in four weeks" but the advertising watchdog said it did not provide enough evidence to support this claim.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
New wrinkles, such as an extended cryopod chamber for the Maginot’s larger crew, were needed as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 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
Nana’s face wrinkles with disgust, but she also looks ready to laugh.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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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
The soap-bubble fantasy of Ms. Lemann’s New Orleans rather calls to mind the Hundred Acre Wood, if Christopher Robin were a gentle, dissipated loafer in a wrinkled seersucker suit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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
He also "didn't want to be standing on stage holding a spear for the rest of my life, in wrinkled tights, I just wanted to have a bit of a life".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
A man with wrinkled brown skin and a long white beard blocks the path to the elevator.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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"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
At a time when too many actors are cosmetically prohibited from raising an eyebrow or wrinkling a nose, Keaton reminds us that an expressive face is still a movie’s most valuable asset.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 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
Amy asked, a frown wrinkling her suntanned face.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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