wind up

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If you’re lucky, not too much of the medicine will wind up dripping down your adorable creature’s chin.

From Slate • May 17, 2026

Let’s say you roll into Grants, N.M., after dark on Route 66 and wind up at the South West Motel, hoping for a $75 room.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

It will be interesting to see how they fare once SpaceX begins trading and how quickly these funds wind up adding the stock to their portfolios.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

That means you might wind up paying a percentage of that cash, perhaps 0.50% or more, to the adviser’s firm.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

I couldn’t figure out how so much perfection could wind up in one person.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam