wound
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He suffered a shrapnel wound to his leg and was recovering in hospital when he learned his son had been born.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Every association has its own personality, with some operating like easygoing golden retrievers, and others tightly wound like pit bulls, said Julie Adamen, an HOA consultant in Saddlebrooke, Ariz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Like the billionaire geniuses who created social media that wound up depressing, dumbing down and dehumanizing civilization, the motives of these companies were purely financial.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Sam Rockwell plays Frank, his slicker, more easygoing partner — he gives Cage’s tightly wound performance someone to ricochet off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Dr. Harlow decides to leave the hole open so the wound can drain.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
The first witness, Garry Dale, a Las Vegas Metro police officer, testified that he saw Shakur pulled out of the car with gunshot wounds and rode in the ambulance with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Of the expedition’s 2,300 soldiers and sailors, 900 succumbed to wounds, illness or shipwreck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The petition was started by TVP federation chair Aileen O'Connor who said the decision to consider the killers for early release "pours salt into wounds that have never healed".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
His subsequent research showed that these precursor cells multiply dramatically around the edges of brain wounds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
I look out at our group and see a procession of broken people—unwashed, our hair caked with dirt, our clothes torn, open wounds on our feet, losing faith in everything we once held dear.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Vocabulary lists containing wound
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 1
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