mess with
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That said, you don’t want to go too crazy short either because that can mess with your stability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
"Let's break a record and send a message that they can't mess with us anymore. We are good people in the Rio Grande Valley," Pulido told the crowd of thousands at Sunday's rally.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
"This beautiful developmental transition is completely disrupted in Alzheimer's disease by pathological processes that mess with episodic memory and interfere with circuits that allow you to think about your own life, lexicon, and vocabulary."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
"I think this is gonna mess with everybody's heads," said Fry.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
I turn to run back to Lord Kensington before Moreau can mess with my head anymore.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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