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As he settled in the front seat of the car, she suggested he might make a "gooey mess".

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The current system is also a mess based on Name, Image and Likeness, NIL, deals that pay athletes.

Cups and cutlery skated across the table in the mess.

Military personnel scrambled overnight to clean up the mess, towing the boats to shore until 9 a.m. the next day.

"He had been out in the front garden all that morning messing with the trees, he was always out gardening," said one woman living nearby, who did not wish to be named.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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