messy
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"If they surprise markets and they can't explain why they're surprising markets, then Wednesday afternoon will be pretty messy," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Determining who lands on the layoff list is notoriously messy and usually flawed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
But the commission's outgoing chair Alun Francis criticised the decision, adding that class was a "messy concept around which to organise policy".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The story of who actually owns the land on the Zvernec peninsula, where Kushner and company are planning their villas, is a long and messy one.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Imogene said he stayed home to bury the snake, and she had this messy scribbled-up note that said, “Leroy is absent at a funeral.”
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
And the messier things become, as they did again in the past two weeks, the more out of touch many tech leaders appear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Their findings suggest that "early Neo-Assyrian political history was much messier, but also more interesting, than has so far been recognized."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Love has always been central to FLO's music, but on this album they explore its messier realities, with nights out providing the backdrop for stories of heartbreak, healing and friendship.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
It becomes a little compressed, a little messier and somehow more itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Picking carrots was easier than thinning lettuce, but a lot messier.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
The settlement that was announced Monday between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni looked like the end of one of Hollywood’s messiest recent legal fights.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Disney’s initial skepticism and the scene’s sheer impact on food both beg the question: How did one of the messiest foods imaginable become shorthand for romance?
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
Of all the fronts in the AI wars—funding, electricity, chips—the messiest is the fight for human capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
But the messiest part is likely yet to come.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
The area around my bed was the messiest part of the room, except for the area under my bed, which was even worse.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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