messed up
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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
Your evaluation of the movie will depend almost entirely on whether you find her enchantingly messed up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
But in the book, Jill Biden says her husband asked her if he had messed up the debate, and that she replied: "Yes, you did."
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
“Well, you just messed up your count. You’re eating your research!”
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
"It's such a messed-up situation. It's just so complex," Caroline, 25, says of the estranged relationship.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Brad Ingelsby, creator of ‘Mare of Easttown,’ returns with a new crime drama, also set in Pennsylvania, starring Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey as a pair of messed-up men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2025
It wasn’t just a good role, like a complicated messed-up woman and not a pretty face.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
“The only way we are going to get past this hate and messed-up legislation is if the other side can see themselves in us,” she said.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
He's actually a pretty good dude who just made some messed-up decisions.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
