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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

It declared that the western hemisphere was America's sphere of interest – and warned European powers not to meddle or establish new colonies.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

“I dont mean to meddle in your affairs. But I dont know what I’d do if anything happened to you, Jason.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

It’s saying he’s misinformed and fantasizing, not outright lying, as he meddles deeply in California water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025

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

It’s a Jane Austen-esque comedy of marriage in which a teenager meddles in her older sister’s love life while their parents look on in dismay.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

In "Sleepless in Seattle," a child meddles in his widower-dad's romantic life to literally force him to meet with a woman he shouldn't have had to be forced to meet.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022

His favorite poet is still Fouqué; With the brawls of the critics he meddles no more, For all such things he has given o'er, Unto his grandmother Hecaté.

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine

Mr. Petro meddled anyway, in speeches and on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

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

"He was well known for protecting all of his artists from the BBC executives, making sure they weren't meddled with," said Mr Baldwin.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

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

“He’ll find out I can piss along with the best of them. He’ll wish he’d never met me, let alone meddled with my affairs.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

As part of my research, I caught a livestream of a conference where human-resource officials brought up their exasperation with parents meddling in their Gen Z children’s careers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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 sparks between them are obvious, and Appa, the soul of indiscretion, can’t help meddling in his overbearing way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

“In their enthusiasm for conflict resolution, the Amity have apparently forgotten that meddling creates more conflict,” says Tobias.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth