wounded

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He was mortally wounded in Normandy, but his death in a British hospital meant he had not been formally commemorated.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The wounded included the 11-year-old, along with a 20-year-old and a 25-year-old.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Corinna said she knew her father had been wounded fighting in France and Russia with the German army, but she said he had never mentioned having Nazi sympathies.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Ms. Arno’s achievement is to return Celan to mortal scale: ardent in friendship, hungry for recognition, capable of wounded tenderness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

By February 1862, more than two thousand soldiers had been killed, and roughly a hundred thousand had been wounded in dozens of minor skirmishes and major battles.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock