winding up
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When AFP visited, he was climbing through rows of vines winding up the hill, collecting samples to test their ripeness.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
He said that will help Tesla avoid losing connection with its cars and thereby winding up with “robotaxis missing in action.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
By the program’s third year, a steadily growing percentage of participants were winding up back on the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The Athletic reports that the opening day roster lost a collective 20 feet of height with a cluster winding up at 5 feet 10 or 11 inches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Thinking of her letters made me feel like there was something winding up inside me, and that pink envelope wound it one notch tighter.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Sheffield United's owners face a winding-up order in the High Court on Wednesday which could mean the club incur a 12-point deduction in the Championship this season.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It added that since the winding-up order was issued no offer has been made to settle the debt and that Rosen and Eltoukhy are "trying to take the club without paying for it".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
A Hong Kong court issued a winding-up order in January 2024, ruling that the company had failed to come up with a suitable debt repayment plan.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
A winding-up petition filed against the 152-year-old club had been adjourned on four occasions prior to Wednesday's hearing.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
In plot, supposing her to aim at such a thing, she decidedly fails, and the winding-up of her dramatis personæ is hurried and imperfect.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 by Robert Chambers
