messed up
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It’s going to be easier for people who messed up on their taxes to get back in the good graces of the IRS.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Because her whole life, she’s been told, ‘You’re wrong, you’ve messed up, you’ve got things wrong.’
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
"I messed up the first three launches, the first three launches failed," co-founder Elon Musk recalled years later.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Trying to tell Nourafchan that he had lost his trading connection, one of the ring members said his “laborers” had messed up the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
I considered how Rondell was more messed up than I even thought.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Duncan’s a really messed-up guy, and doing it for five months ...
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
"It's such a messed-up situation. It's just so complex," Caroline, 25, says of the estranged relationship.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
“The only way we are going to get past this hate and messed-up legislation is if the other side can see themselves in us,” she said.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
For the last few years, every pair of men’s lace-up shoes I’ve purchased has had some messed-up laces.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2023
The emblem looked like, I don’t know, a messed-up butterfly maybe.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
