wound up with
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That may help explain how we wound up with “Alice in Wonderland”-style competing proclamations that made it sound as if Xi and Trump had been in different conversations, or perhaps different universes.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Christie’s specialist Giada Damen, who spent months retracing its paper trail and showing it to Michelangelo experts, said this foot wound up with a Swiss diplomat whose family held onto it for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
The company wound up with a 14% higher head count year over year, von Ahn wrote on LinkedIn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Can you just talk us through how Wyoming, of all places, wound up with such incredibly robust protection for reproductive freedom?
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2026
The salt I wound up with was greasy and tasted so much like chemicals that it actually made me gag.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
