meddle
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California and Oregon last year enacted similar laws to punish corporate investors that meddle in healthcare decisions at medical providers they own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
It declared that the western hemisphere was America's sphere of interest – and warned European powers not to meddle or establish new colonies.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
Public policy advocates and experts expressed concern about state lawmakers using their power to meddle with local housing projects, especially when carving out exemptions from laws they’ve imposed on everyone else in the state.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
It’s actually quite problematic that some perversely rich guys meddle in our affairs in their own way.
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025
“The executive authority is so wholly out of my sphere,” he observed, “and it is so delicate a thing for me to meddle in that, I avoid it as much as possible.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing meddle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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