mess

You can’t ask him nicely to clean up his mess, man.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

"This beautiful developmental transition is completely disrupted in Alzheimer's disease by pathological processes that mess with episodic memory and interfere with circuits that allow you to think about your own life, lexicon, and vocabulary."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Unfortunately clearing up this mess costs councils money and it costs Londoners money," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Trust me, you don’t want to mess with any of us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Nine had tried to shield him from this mess, and Clare felt he owed the rat honesty in return.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

All she does is clean up her husband’s messes.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

One of its many messes was the expansion of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, run by the Department of Homeland Security.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Meta settles teen safety suit, the U.S.-Canada trade war escalates, and Scott Bessent messes around in the markets again.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

Often boards will ignore past mistakes if they think the executive won’t create messes on their own watch, said Janine Yancey, an employment lawyer and founder of HR compliance firm Emtrain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

He was a thin, mild kid who hated getting involved in messes.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

The tacos had not, at that point, been messed with.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

But I didn’t know some of them, and I messed up a few times.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

"I was looking at the screen and I saw the guy try and surge. But he ran a PB, so he's messed up with the final ahead."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“I messed up,” he wrote, calling the offer reckless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

I remember the way Mikey messed with my brother.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

It doesn’t mean that the fight or the messing up or whatever is the end of the story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Flavio issued fierce denials as Lula took to the campaign trail clutching a statue of the saint, declaring that "messing" with her was "unacceptable."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“We’ve got to be messing up the exchange rate or something, right?” the Virginia theater fan recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

She said families were hoping Bush would be sentenced to more than 30 years, but what was "really messing with people's heads" was the prospect of him only serving half of his sentence.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

I can get only about seventy-five percent of my hair into an elastic at any given time, and messing around with bobby pins is increasing the frizz.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison