wind up

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Microsoft is asking Arizona regulators to allow it and other large electricity users to build their own power plants instead of relying on utility-owned generation that other customers wind up paying for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The bondholders may wind up owning the bankrupt company if it is reorganized, or could get back some of their investment if the company is liquidated, while the stockholders would get nothing.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

If you’re lucky, not too much of the medicine will wind up dripping down your adorable creature’s chin.

From Slate • May 17, 2026

It will be interesting to see how they fare once SpaceX begins trading and how quickly these funds wind up adding the stock to their portfolios.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

That’s why I always wind up coming back to my diary—I start there and end there because Kitty’s always patient.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank