whole mess
Example Sentences
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Even if they prove fairly insulated from a wipeout, they do stand to lose significant business from the whole mess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Compliance means adding reverse-osmosis stages, more ion-exchange capacity, additional sensors, cloud-monitoring platforms, and consultants to integrate the whole mess.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025
In a family kitchen in Ohio, another skips the eggs entirely but slides the whole mess — pasta, sauce, meat, cheese — into the oven, no recipe in sight.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025
The best part is when Evans, as Jack, attempts to explain the whole mess to his son and ends up describing the inexplicable and ridiculous plot in a hilariously flat and literal manner.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024
My dad starts speaking, but it’s a whole mess of words, and almost none of it makes any sense.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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