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as in scrunched
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket
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as in collapsed
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it
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Recent Examples of crumpled
The two are in a locked position for about seven more minutes, when Penny releases Neely, who remained crumpled on the ground.
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Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Seconds later, the truck races back into view, barreling over Sloan, still crumpled on the ground, and fatally mowing down Carter, who had been standing on the sidewalk.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
The patrol car endured a head-on collision that crumpled the front side of the vehicle and activated its air bags, Navarro said.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
The tree mostly missed the house, but still crumpled part of a metal porch and damaged the roof.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2024
Its origin story began about 40 million to 50 million years ago when landmasses on two slabs of Earth’s crust — the India and Eurasian plates — collided in slow motion and crumpled the terrain, raising rocky peaks that over millions of years became the Himalayan mountain range.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
The deluge weakened the soil, triggering cascading landslides that crumpled homes and roads.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Everest’s origin story began about 40 million to 50 million years ago, when landmasses on two slabs of Earth’s crust — the India Plate and the Eurasian Plate — collided in slow motion and crumpled the terrain, raising rocky peaks that over millions of years became the Himalayan mountain range.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Seconds later, the truck races back into view, barreling over Sloan, still crumpled on the ground, and fatally mowing down Carter, who had been standing on the sidewalk.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
The patrol car endured a head-on collision that crumpled the front side of the vehicle and activated its air bags, Navarro said.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
The tree mostly missed the house, but still crumpled part of a metal porch and damaged the roof.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2024
Its origin story began about 40 million to 50 million years ago when landmasses on two slabs of Earth’s crust — the India and Eurasian plates — collided in slow motion and crumpled the terrain, raising rocky peaks that over millions of years became the Himalayan mountain range.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
The deluge weakened the soil, triggering cascading landslides that crumpled homes and roads.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Everest’s origin story began about 40 million to 50 million years ago, when landmasses on two slabs of Earth’s crust — the India Plate and the Eurasian Plate — collided in slow motion and crumpled the terrain, raising rocky peaks that over millions of years became the Himalayan mountain range.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
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But times of transition are precarious, and these forces face particular risk now that the country’s government has collapsed, analysts say.Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
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As Bashar al-Assad's government collapsed and Syrian rebels rose to power, Israel embarked on an extensive bombing campaign, purportedly aimed at disarming extremists who may rise to power during the unrest.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Every plot point is wrinkled or changed in some fundamental way.Joe Lynch, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
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The vinyl decals, featuring salmon crying to get beyond the first of the dams, were wrinkled, the banner itself battle-scarred in places.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
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It's made from marbleized card stock paper that has been cut into identical leaf shapes, folded in half lengthwise, and glued to a wire wreath form so the leaves overlap slightly.Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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According to him, the platform can be quickly and easily user-installed in the back of a Model Y with the rear seats folded down.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Crumpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumpled. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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