messed up
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“If I messed up, what would people think of me? What would Mom say? I knew it wouldn’t be good.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"I was looking at the screen and I saw the guy try and surge. But he ran a PB, so he's messed up with the final ahead."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s going to be easier for people who messed up on their taxes to get back in the good graces of the IRS.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Because her whole life, she’s been told, ‘You’re wrong, you’ve messed up, you’ve got things wrong.’
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Sometimes we have no idea we’re hurting someone’s feelings until the harm is done, and then we have no idea how to fix what we’ve messed up.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
"It's such a messed-up situation. It's just so complex," Caroline, 25, says of the estranged relationship.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Though the film explored the ugliness of racism, it also served as “an entertaining, somewhat messed-up comedy-thriller,” critic Pauline Kael wrote in Harpers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
“It’s a messed-up situation. The working conditions are horrific. The assaults go up in the summer because of the heat. It’s just a stress factor.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Until that moment, I thought he was the one who owned all the shame and blame for our messed-up situation.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2023
She lowered herself off the counter and stuffed her messed-up feet into the shoes.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
