mixed-up

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After a flurry of ads around Endless Shrimp in the promotion’s early weeks, the chain eventually mixed up its marketing with other offerings, such as a Mother’s Day menu and National Biscuit Day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

But, in Owens’ reality, there were other governments mixed up in this, too?

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

A star running back, Reggie was banned from football 20 years earlier after he mixed up two phone numbers and called into a sports show thinking he was talking to his bookie.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

In these kinds of situations where family and finance are mixed up, somebody always ends up feeling shortchanged, and no one will ever admit to being wrong.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

“My grandfather was mixed up with bad men—men like Erin’s brother, Rod. Probably hard for you to imagine.”

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick