mess with
Example Sentences
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We're in a bit of a mess with last year's signings still to settle in and older players leaving.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
It’d be shocking if this thing isn’t a bloated, exhausting mess, with the plot stretched way beyond its limits.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
Basically, she said: Judge O’Connor, you think you can mess with a case in my state?
From Slate • May 18, 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
I wonder if she left it there just to mess with me, as if to say, Put some respect on my name.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
