wind up
Example Sentences
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The Times newspaper has reported, external allegations that Alaba attempted to wind up one of his business before settling one of two bounce back loans he had taken out.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Otherwise you could wind up behind the wheel.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
And because charter-school applications far outnumber the available slots, most of the students with “more motivated” parents wind up in traditional public schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
While trying to save the world, and facing new problems and threats along the way with pop culture nods aplenty, the quartet wind up in a hybrid genre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
She and Peris used to boast they’d never wind up so idiotic, so shallow.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
