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messy

[mes-ee] / ˈmɛs i /


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“Obviously, I don’t — it’s messy, do you know what I mean?”

From Los Angeles Times

For Castleberry, the engineer from Atlanta, her visit to Japan reinforced how messy it is back home.

From The Wall Street Journal

Along with navigating her male coworkers’ messy lives and moods, she pitches daring stories.

From Salon

At the same time, Marcus warned that “things could get very messy and unclear” if the DOJ’s probe of Powell continues and Tillis maintains his blockade past the end of Powell’s term.

From MarketWatch

"Gold is doing what it does best when the world feels messy, jumping amid rising trade tensions, geopolitical flare-ups, political uncertainty in the US," Wall says.

From BBC