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America’s obsession with the Latino vote has become a ritual as slippery and messy as a grunion run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Iraola described the goals they conceded as "cheap" and "messy".

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"They are cheap goals. They are messy goals," said Iraola.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Among other challenges, singer and guitarist Josh Homme, the leader since its 1996 founding, went through a messy divorce and was diagnosed with and treated for cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Not unless you want a very messy teleporter.”

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

As a result, he says, "I think readers are coming to value very obviously personal writing, and maybe even writing that's messier, less structurally sound or composed or perfected, than they maybe once would've desired."

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Black holes are often compared with cosmic vacuum cleaners, but their feeding behavior is much messier.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

It becomes a little compressed, a little messier and somehow more itself.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

It feels righteous — but the reality is a lot messier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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

Disney’s initial skepticism and the scene’s sheer impact on food both beg the question: How did one of the messiest foods imaginable become shorthand for romance?

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026

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

But the messiest part is likely yet to come.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

Her untidy nights of cake with friends on the floor of an old house are our warmest and messiest memories.

From New York Times ● May 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