mix up
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You can mix up the kinds of stocks you own: technology versus consumer goods, for example, or overseas versus U.S. companies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Lynsey says you should angle bowls downwards so they don't collect water and mix up your cutlery so spoons don't nest together.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
It may omit relevant information while summarizing, mix up who is speaking and misinterpret context—such as missing nonverbal cues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
"The responsible culprits tried to mix up substandard net with qualified nets so as to cheat inspection and law enforcement agencies," Lee said, calling the suspects "evil".
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
We watched him mix up the white plaster and lay out strips.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Alastair Chambers, from Gloucester, said the mix-up happened when he returned to Kathmandu after flying back in a humanitarian aid helicopter from a village near the Trishuli river.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Mats Wieffer: Failed to deal with an early corner, which led to a mix-up with Verbruggen and ultimately Chelsea's opener.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Some traders are counting on a mix-up by certain investors between the two companies, which would benefit Virgin Galactic.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
United Airlines helped re-route Calderón to Nicaragua — and the airline did bump up his seat to first class to make up for the mix-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
“What happened with the time-universe mix-up right there?”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Sharing Isn’t Caring: Even though AI companies frown on chatbot password sharing, people still do it, leading to embarrassing discoveries, personal data mix-ups and even cybersecurity issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The mix-ups were the result of responding to a wildfire of unprecedented scale, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
There have been several lawsuits in recent years brought against US fertility clinics over IVF mix-ups.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
From that starting point, despite his many successes, there has been a steady pileup of scatterbrained gaffes and mix-ups.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2024
Why is it so dis-regarded when it is self-evidendy so useful in pre-venting enormous mix-ups?
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
