wind up

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Within two days after it was hung, gusts of wind up to 50 mph prompted organizers to lower the flag last Wednesday as the National Weather Service declared a wind advisory for the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

In fact, getting into the business of shooting satellites into low-Earth-orbit had always been a good way to wind up in bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

It leads to a tunnel, and they wind up going through it into another world, the Goldengrove.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish