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Another source with extensive knowledge of the inner workings at Old Trafford describes the current situation as "a mess".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Threets often thanks his fans for “staying” on social platforms including Threads, Instagram and TikTok, and comments on the “human world” being a mess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Trust me, you don’t want to mess with any of us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Our adversaries are not just trying to mess with our infrastructure, they’re trying to manipulate how we feel,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
My thoughts are a scrambled mess of everything that’s happened between us, and they play at supersonic speed in my head.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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One of its many messes was the expansion of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, run by the Department of Homeland Security.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Meta settles teen safety suit, the U.S.-Canada trade war escalates, and Scott Bessent messes around in the markets again.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
Letsch, the elder-law attorney in Iowa, said she often hears from families trying to untangle messes with farms because they’ve been given bad advice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Pick up small messes without lugging out the big vacuum—see our top handheld-vacuum picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
“The weather is perfect, not too cold at night. Dancing in a gym just isn’t the same. The drums echo differently. It messes up my rhythm.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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The tacos had not, at that point, been messed with.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
"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
But I didn’t know some of them, and I messed up a few times.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 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
Josie figured if grown-ups had to work so hard to tell kids that everything was okay, that probably meant everything was messed up, and the grown-ups were scared, too.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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For five of those, he’s been working at the Tool Box, amusing himself by idly messing with customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Ben Lidgey was "messing around" with his son in the garden when he was accidentally kicked in the testicles - but it may well have saved his life.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Flavio issued fierce denials as Lula took to the campaign trail clutching a statue of the saint, declaring that "messing" with her was "unacceptable."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Still, AI is messing with some of the metrics that traditionally factor into compensation decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
A six-armed Earthborn and a Laistrygonian giant pummeled each other with rocks, though Percy wasn’t sure if they were fighting or just messing around.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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