meddlesome

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And as the tribunes who stir up the populace’s antipathy toward Coriolanus, William DeMeritt and Zuzanna Szadkowski are bland, seemingly unwilling to decide whether their characters are nefarious or just mildly meddlesome.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Since then, other candidates have pursued similarly meddlesome strategies.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2024

There are ways this gift can go very wrong: if the graduate doesn’t buy in, or if the adult doing the giving becomes too meddlesome.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021

Mostly, Ms. Dukakis specialized in wise, meddlesome or cynical mothers.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2021

‘And, to get there, those meddlesome demigods will have to travel by sea, eh? They know it’s too dangerous to fly over land.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan