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But I did and wound up afraid of the dark.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Every time Moreno tried to make a big splash, he wound up soaking wet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

"It's time for the US to put its footprint back on Greenland," he said as he wound up his four-day visit.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

That may help explain how we wound up with “Alice in Wonderland”-style competing proclamations that made it sound as if Xi and Trump had been in different conversations, or perhaps different universes.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

I knew that, in my “just right” place, I would breathe deep, feeling a loosening of all the things wound up in me, and know I’d found it.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry




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