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as in to scrunch
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 to collapse
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 crumple
The rig wound up falling, and one of the stage lights hit Mayfield, who crumpled onstage.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
By now, the episode is a montage: Trump crumples to the floor and is dragged away by Secret Service officers, who have arrived too late to stop the shooting but soon enough to cover the former President’s body.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 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
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
By now, the episode is a montage: Trump crumples to the floor and is dragged away by Secret Service officers, who have arrived too late to stop the shooting but soon enough to cover the former President’s body.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crumple
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There's plenty of space to keep multiple windows open next to each other without feeling like everything is scrunched up.WIRED, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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Poppy is only 13 pounds and can easily fit under the seat in front of us, but my first service dog, Bobbi, was a 65-pound Pit Bull mix, and scrunching herself under the seat for eight- to 10-hour flights was uncomfortable.Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
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It was reported that a man was trapped under a tractor after a bridge collapsed on the property, which was in unincorporated Woodstock.Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Democrats’ best hope may be that Trump’s minuscule battleground state leads will collapse on contact with the fearsome Harris turnout machine.W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
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The patented lightweight frame folds flat for easy storage.Outside Online, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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There was a sense of folding life into the making of it, allowing yourself to be infected.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Elsewhere, Schroders shares tumbled 13.7% after the asset manager posted its latest trading update.Karen Gilchrist,Sophie Kiderlin,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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That predictor failed only once, in 1956, according to Stovall, pointing to the year when incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson, despite the S&P 500 tumbling 7.7% in the period ahead of the election.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 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, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Post-wash, the texture is a little more relaxed and slightly wrinkled, though not terribly so.Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Crumple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumple. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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