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wounded

[woon-did] / ˈwun dɪd /


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Geffray added that 78 staff members in education had been wounded, which he described as "something we have never seen before".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The wounded captain who opened the cockpit door has been hailed as a hero.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

With the first officer subdued and the captain wounded, two pilots traveling in the cabin took control of the cockpit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Speaking by phone from Helmand's Safar village, 50-year-old resident Abdul Wahid said the strikes killed four people and wounded seven.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

One time Papá told us how he had joined the Cristero Revolt in 1926, when he was sixteen, and had been wounded in the knee and thrown in jail for six months.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez




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