messed up
Example Sentences
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About 15 minutes after an Air Canada jet collided with an emergency truck, a LaGuardia Airport air-traffic controller told a pilot, “I messed up.”
First controller: "Yeah, I know. I was here. I tried to reach out to my staff. And we were dealing with an emergency earlier. I messed up."
From Barron's
Later in the audio, the controller admits that they “messed up.”
From Salon
"I have lost all motivation for anything," she says, "besides trying to raise a decent human being in this messed up world."
From BBC
“And it’s kind of messed up. All those free throws? No disrespect, but it didn’t feel earned.”
From Los Angeles Times
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