screwed up
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I think our tax system is screwed up, especially in the world of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
If that happens and Congress later says, Wait, we screwed up, start it up again—it’s too late, because the spacecraft is no longer able to be contacted.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
“That’s where they screwed up, they started subsidizing a lot of these guys clear back in the Dust Bowl,” Mike said of the biggest ranches.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
In other words: “We screwed up, but we can screw up better.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
“I screwed up bad, Maddie,” I said, my voice thick with tears.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
And that's the screwed-up system we have, right?
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024
When I read the CrossFit Kids Training Guide, I felt desperate to find red flags, something I could point at to definitively explain my screwed-up relationship with my body.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2023
“Apparently I was ready to confront the dreadfulness called me, and I prevailed. I never turned back. Every day I worked on some part of my screwed-up life until the anxiety dropped away,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
“It’s a screwed-up situation,” she said, standing outside her shop, limestone dust in her hair and down her fleece.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
“Probably quite a bit more interesting to be among us screwed-up mortals, like I said before.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
