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[wind, wahynd, wind] / wɪnd, waɪnd, wɪnd /




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Usually when I have days off like this, I have a shopping addiction, so there’s a few stores that I’ll probably wind up hitting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Residents told BBC Radio Guernsey that they could hear the wind rattling through their homes.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Met Office has advised the public to drive cautiously in strong wind, and to secure loose items outside their homes such as bins and trampolines.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a spectacular new panorama of Mars, providing its clearest look yet at a series of mysterious cliffs shaped by wind.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

He felt the rush of wind, the needle-sharp fangs as they skimmed his snout.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Crowds winded through greenways and walking trails, processing through thin paths in single-file lines and dodging annoyed runners and whizzing bikers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Why does a brief jog leave some people winded while others seem to glide along with ease?

From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026

The tenant moved into the five-bedroom property in September 2023 and was only recently evicted after a "tremendously slow and long winded" legal process, Ms Khediri said.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

As it was 367 days earlier, the Dodgers winded down a parade route in front of tens of thousands of fans from Temple Street to Grand Avenue to 7th Street to Figueroa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

Armpit was winded when returned to the hotel.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

He then shares his story of having been nearly killed dozens of times, before winding up on The Island of Forgotten Garbage, where he was healed by Dr Nick.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

By this time, America’s territorial growth was winding down.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Presuming you care to keep your job; and considering the clock is rapidly winding down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"One way to picture it is that the current "twists" the phase of the coherent quantum state of the superconductor, rather like winding a spring," explains Eryin Wang, lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The familiar, gently winding boulevard he traveled every day in his family’s limousine was darker and more grimly shadowed than he’d ever seen it.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Hambrough, the victim, could not have been shot where he was found, the jury members were told, because the wound would have left more blood in the ditch there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

For now, faster wound healing and coordinated stem cell behavior were demonstrated in mice.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Saturday this year's Annual Meetings with global policymakers were marked by "optimism and worry" about the global economic outlook as the event wound down in Bangkok.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

She wound up burning what she had been cooking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The steps wound up and up—so far up that he was certain they’d gone much higher than the shack’s two stories.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman


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