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as in crumples
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
the guest rumpled the antique bedspread by lying down on it
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as in disrupts
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the aunt would invariably rumple the little boy's hair whenever she came to visit
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Being pushed out of a stable home disrupts childhood learning and mental health.—
Jane Hursh,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2025 -
We've all been told not to look at a screen before bedtime because the light disrupts sleep, right?—
Sanaz Meshkinpour,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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This Little Unicorn beach blanket folds up to just 15 inches long and weighs only 3 pounds.—
Olivia Bria,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
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For most of the runtime, Walker-Silverman’s film is almost so conflict-averse as to be unseasonably gentle, but eventually, Dusty finally folds under the burden of his grief.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Rumples.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumples. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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