mess with
Example Sentences
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He called the operations in Ecuador a “giant mess with no exit strategy.”
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
“When we go public on something, we have to go really hard,” Chadwick said in an interview, adding that it is necessary “so people know not to mess with you.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Ronnie Chieng plays a more successful agent who loves, or lives, to mess with Monica.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
The conditions were near farcical, the ball frequently squirming through fingers and set-pieces a mess, with Scotland making the lion's share of blunders.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
There was no way Otto was going to mess with the old man now.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
