wound
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OK here’s an excuse: I got myself wound up after watching Philadelphia edge the Celtics in seven games with a reborn Joel Embiid and Paul George.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The case had already wound through lower courts before reaching the state Supreme Court.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
In media, a great new hire or a hard-earned bit of reader goodwill are just fresh bandages placed over a wound that must be constantly treated.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
In the photograph, she has a blistering wound on her cheek.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Cesium 137 rained down more than a thousand miles away in Scotland, where it covered fields and wound up being concentrated in the flesh of livestock.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing wound
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 1
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