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windup

[wahynd-uhp] / ˈwaɪndˌʌp /
NOUN
wind up
Synonyms
STRONG
breakup closing conclusion consummation denouement finale finish stopping point terminus

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To follow along all season, sign up for The Windup, an Athletic newsletter from Levi Weaver, Ken Rosenthal and others.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

And they’ll say, ‘Are you insane? What is this Windup Bird Chronicle? This is madness.’

From The Guardian • Apr. 14, 2020

Bacigalupi is best-known for books like The Windup Girl and The Water Knife, which have some pretty bleak portrayals of the future of our planet.

From The Verge • May 26, 2019

Take a gander at “The Windup Girl” by Paolo Bacigalupi!

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2016

Or read Paolo Bacigalupi’s Hugo- and Nebula-Award-winning The Windup Girl, a warning about climate change, the end of fossil fuels, corporate control of food, and corporate control of people.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2014

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