meddle
Example Sentences
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Thomas Jefferson once wrote that the government shouldn’t meddle with his neighbor’s free choice so long as “it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
While the authorities tinker with laws and competitions, they dare not meddle with the famous old Championship.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 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
I remonstrated with them but was told in no uncertain terms that the matter was the women’s affair and that the ANC — as well as anxious husbands — should not meddle.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing meddle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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This Week in Words: March 10 - 16, 2018
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