messed up
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"We were so desperate because of how messed up we were. We were willing to pretty much try anything," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
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
Your evaluation of the movie will depend almost entirely on whether you find her enchantingly messed up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
Had the smoke from the wildfire somehow messed up the plane’s equipment and made it impossible for the pilot to see?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
"It's such a messed-up situation. It's just so complex," Caroline, 25, says of the estranged relationship.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
“They admitted that this was a messed-up situation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
It wasn’t just a good role, like a complicated messed-up woman and not a pretty face.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
“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
Nurse Finnegan takes one look at my messed-up, wet-hair-dripped-on shirt and her hand goes to her chest.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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