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“Shekhar, look to your left,” Sanjoy says as the road on which they are traveling first starts to wend its way through woodlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
One mitigating fact is that there was virtually no way that disqualification could wend its way through the regulatory process in time to disqualify Justify before the first Saturday in May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
The Afghans wend through about a dozen countries, for months or longer.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2023
Currently, most designs for Arctic shipping routes have vessels sticking close to the edge of the ice as they wend their way through the sea.
From Scientific American ● May 1, 2023
It takes us a long time to wend our way back down the stairs.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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The exhibition, which wends through eight contiguous galleries, begins with a visual overture, seven pictures that preview what’s ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
As the case wends its way through the courts, the government has not yet made good on its threat to break up NCAR's various labs, which currently employ about 800 people.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
This particular stretch of track, which wends north from the town of Dunsmuir, is a renegade route for hikers to one of northern California’s most enchanting natural sights, Mossbrae Falls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
Later the saxophonist José Carlos Cruzata Revé wends his way through a cohort of dancers, as if it’s right where he belongs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Arthur was crying the same wends again and again, holding gruff Gawaine by the elbow and putting them into his ear.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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The SUV drove me through an airport security gate and wended its way past rows of planes and runways before dropping me alongside the American Airlines 737 taking me to Phoenix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Khamenei's funeral procession wended its way slowly through central Tehran, from Imam Hossein Square in the east to Azadi Square in the west, on the last of three days of public mourning in the capital.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Servers wended through the crowd, carrying hors d’oeuvres trays of crescent duck and caviar as they passed shelves lined with rare editions of works by Rousseau and Voltaire.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
The Case of the Overinflated Basketballs wended its way through the New Jersey system.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
I wended my way past the gentlemen, searching for glasses to replenish.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Carl Sprinkle only went to a Harley-Davidson HOG 0.76%increase; up pointing triangle dealer to buy new foot pegs for his 16-year-old motorcycle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
During the campaign’s final days, Bass went to venues populated by older voters, including senior centers in West Adams and in Northridge, where she danced with elderly Angelenos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
After waiting long hours, watching democratic gains across the country, El-Sayed's supporters went wild when he took the stage to celebrate his victory.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Some went into debt to come up with the money.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
You could take pictures of Legendary events and keep them, but if you tried posting them online, something always went wrong and sometimes you lost your pics entirely.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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A proposal to ban social media for children under 15 is currently wending its way through parliament in France.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Mr. Crytzer’s narrative hums along with the National Road’s traffic as he colorfully describes Pony Express riders, stagecoaches, Conestoga wagons and many thousands of migrants wending ever westward, feeding the nation’s economic and territorial growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Park’s proposal is still wending its way through the council approval process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
Of the thousands of interorgan messages wending through the body, a few stand out as the most promising for therapies.
From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024
She was wending through a cluster of stiff reeds when she disturbed its rest.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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