wind up
Example Sentences
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"Paraguay tried to wind up the France players, little shoves and nudges but not enough to get a yellow card," former Scotland winger Pat Nevin told BBC Radio 5 Live.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026
If your parent remarries — and then dies — will the surviving spouse wind up with a big chunk of the estate that would’ve gone to you?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
No wonder so many Annapolis grads wind up working in government.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
The responses from social media companies were in lockstep: If you think we’re bad, wait until you see where your children wind up without us.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
A hundred and eighty miles straight north into the wind, up the middle of the great river that historically is a highway across Alaska.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
