wrinkle
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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
The imaginary collaboration also contains a historical wrinkle: Washington never actually lived in the White House.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 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
The wrinkle this year is that the Americans actually won a knockout game for the first time in 24 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Mom raised an eyebrow, and a curved wrinkle formed across her forehead.
From "George" by Alex Gino
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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
To investigate the effect, the team used specialized microscope probes to map the shape of the wrinkles and measure local electrical energy and current.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
By comparing highly curved wrinkles with nearby areas of flat graphene, the researchers were able to separate the electrical effects produced by curvature from other possible influences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
So here are some new wrinkles to be mindful of, by airline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The man's long white hair hung around his shoulders; his walnut-colored skin had more wrinkles than Jeremy's laundry pile.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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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
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
To Martindale, the wrinkled surface looked exactly like fossilized microbial mats.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
"I'm sick and I don't even have the money to buy medication," she said, empty boxes in her wrinkled hands.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
The newspaper is so wrinkled and smudged it’s probably not clear enough.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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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
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
Those eyebrows start to rise again, the nose wrinkling: Brandi joy face is on its way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
She gave a narrowed eye to the crow, wrinkling her lips into a frown.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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