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“These are attempts to interfere, to meddle in Mexican politics,” Sheinbaum said at her regular morning news conference.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Araghi said he wasn’t concerned that Israel or the United States would meddle in the future of Iran.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026

While the authorities tinker with laws and competitions, they dare not meddle with the famous old Championship.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

Only a fool would meddle with the classic cocktail sauce recipe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

She wasn’t quick to judge and she wasn’t quick to meddle.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

And in the brain, it meddles with connections between brain cells, resulting in “fuzzy thinking.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

He has argued that the court meddles in his mandate and reminded the military that, in a democracy, it is subordinate to the elected government.

From Reuters ● Aug. 14, 2023

However, as Noah meddles in Howie's affairs, obstacles arise for the potential couple.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2022

Several former internal- affairs commanders and detectives also have claimed Urquhart bullies investigators and meddles in deputy misconduct probes, raising fairness concerns.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2017

And why should the Amazon who wields the pen, be more gently dealt with than she who meddles with cold iron?

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh

As Chesnut noted, UFOs-as-demons is actually an evangelical idea from the 1950s and ’60s, and not something the Catholic Church has ever meddled in.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

Middle Eastern countries have long meddled in Africa, jostling for influence in the most strategic parts of the continent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

This report shows sub-postmasters' accounts were meddled with "on an industrial scale", he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024

For a while CNN was owned by AT&T. I interacted directly with the CEO of AT&T, and in my experience he never meddled with our with our truthful news coverage.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2023

“The girl twin. I, uh, once had a friend with that name. Anyhow, before Rita meddled with things, the Spirit Medium intended to send you home. He doesn’t like you, and he doesn’t like that.”

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Coogler’s recent deal with Warner Bros. to regain ownership rights to his smash hit “Sinners” was a boon for filmmakers who’ve long been frustrated with studio greed and meddling.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Although 48% had confidence that there would be not meddling, the concerns expressed were still significant, Schickler said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

"I am against any country in the world meddling and exercising political interference," he said last month.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

On the hard-news side, she bungled big moments like an interview with Vladimir Putin, who batted away her questions about 2016 election meddling with an exasperated performance of ignorance.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

The death of Violetta was meant to strike shame into Verdi’s audiences’ hearts, as it did the meddling father of her lover in the final scene.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall