wound up
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She wound up burning what she had been cooking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Instead, they wound up losing when their pass attempt fell incomplete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Reebok wound up urging retailers to black out the name on boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The building wound up being paid for with $100 million from Congress and $70 million in private donations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Hazel wound up and pitched, and Jack smacked the snowball with the stick.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
But that prospect seems to have died after Brescia Calcio were wound-up in a court ruling, external on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Dark Brandon, by contrast, radiates wound-up energy, as if he will not rest until he gets his way.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2023
Film critic Roger Ebert admiringly called him “the most wound-up guy in the movies,” a description Caan did not dispute.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
Film critic Roger Ebert admiringly called him “the most wound-up guy in the movies,” a description Mr. Caan did not dispute.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022
It’s like I’m a wound-up toy with nowhere to move.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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