wounding

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Simplicity delivers an almost wounding effect in his exemplary review of Arthur Penn’s 1967 crime drama “Bonnie and Clyde,” a film fueled by the intoxicating partnership of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Israeli authorities said one building was hit and damaged in the northern Galilee region, lightly wounding two people.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

If anything, the blows it has suffered — wounding, humiliating and exposing it — may have only hardened Tehran’s resolve to recover, rebuild and retaliate.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2025

Second, wounding or completely killing off universal injections would create perverse incentives for a president who operates in bad faith.

From Slate • May 15, 2025

“And probably get killed for wounding an Owsla officer, if you ever do get back? Talk sense, for Frith’s sake.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams