in a mess
Example Sentences
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The knock-on effect should mean that chocolate bars will eventually be less expensive, but it has left the cocoa industry in Ghana and Ivory Coast in a mess.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
Reading Mr. Huang’s screed, one concludes that the government is trapped in a mess of its own making.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
“Either shadow banks will be obliged to accept greater regulation, or sooner or later, one or more of them will get caught in a mess that roils the markets,” Ellis told Barron’s in an email.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
At times throughout the summer, the team seemed to be in a mess, but they never fell out of first place, and everyone figured it out.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024
She’d brought in a mess of fish and descaled them, rinsing them with freshwater and placing them in a barrel for smoking.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
