be wounded

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Khamenei's son Mojtaba Khamenei was named the new supreme leader, but has been absent from public view and said to be wounded.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Hagekhalil, who was then 19, said he remembers his mother had him lie in a bathtub and covered him so he wouldn’t be wounded.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

“And there’s always the chance that you’ll be wounded in love. But the courage comes from having the strength to make yourself vulnerable enough to love.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2023

But the health of a society pulses from the center, much as any soldier will tell you it’s better to be wounded in the arm than in the gut.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

Nadezhda Degtereva, who disguised herself as a man so she could go to war, became the first woman to be wounded in air combat—though the medics who treated her wounds discovered her secret.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein