mess with
Example Sentences
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It’d be shocking if this thing isn’t a bloated, exhausting mess, with the plot stretched way beyond its limits.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
Basically, she said: Judge O’Connor, you think you can mess with a case in my state?
From Slate • May 18, 2026
If the Dodgers choose not to mess with team success, they would not afford Yamamoto the chance to hit either of those traditional barometers of excellence.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
They are infamous trash talkers, unbothered by the rules, as long as they can mess with their opponents’ heads.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Clara had never seemed like a particularly dangerous haint, but Ophie knew that the violet spirits were nothing to mess with.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
