messy
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However, he has avoided picking a side in the messy merger squabble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
But just the idea of a comeback has stirred nostalgia among people who remember the MySpace days of more than 20 years ago as a place where personal pages were messy, loud, and deeply individual.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Firms generally dislike the messy, prolonged mechanics of exiting the investment, along with the risk of falling share prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"It's going to be messy and it's going to take some time to get there," Vance told Fox News in an interview broadcast Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
If the bedroom I shared with Camille had ever looked this messy, Dad would have had a panic attack.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Love has always been central to FLO's music, but on this album they explore its messier realities, with nights out providing the backdrop for stories of heartbreak, healing and friendship.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
It becomes a little compressed, a little messier and somehow more itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Sometimes, the answer lies in those messier grey areas.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Cleanup efforts at a fire-ravaged cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights just got messier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
When they were little I felt I had to protect them from certain things about myself, the fear, the messier parts of the marriages, the days of nothing.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Of all the fronts in the AI wars—funding, electricity, chips—the messiest is the fight for human capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
While Marvel certainly isn’t the most esteemed studio in contemporary filmmaking, it’s turning into the messiest.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025
But the messiest part is likely yet to come.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Its afterlife has also been the messiest of the three albums: The documentation related to the recording is scant and faded, as are the memories of those who worked on it.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
The area around my bed was the messiest part of the room, except for the area under my bed, which was even worse.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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