meddle

In Homer’s original poem, the gods hold meetings, argue, play favorites and meddle so routinely in human affairs that Athena is practically a second protagonist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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

It’s actually quite problematic that some perversely rich guys meddle in our affairs in their own way.

From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025

Clover asked Benjamin to read her the Sixth Commandment, and when Benjamin, as usual, said that he refused to meddle in such matters, she fetched Muriel.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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

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

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2022

As with the rivulet that can neither float a barque nor turn a mill-wheel none meddles, so with the course of these lowly lives few concern themselves, and they ripple along unheeded.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James

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

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

He then went on to disclaim that “any person who knew either of us could possibly believe that either meddled in that dirty work.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Some who want the agency insulated from politics hope that the geeky, introverted Matsumoto is exactly the right type of person to put the perception of political meddling at the agency to rest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

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 military has repeatedly denied involvement in Khan's legal cases or meddling in the civilian domain.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

Like all our meddling in the past hadn’t changed the future, but, of course, it had.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin