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
"I messed up the first three launches, the first three launches failed," co-founder Elon Musk recalled years later.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Trust me, I messed up and read the comments.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
"It's such a messed-up situation. It's just so complex," Caroline, 25, says of the estranged relationship.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Where women were at the center of “Mare,” men are the subject here — a cop and a criminal, symmetrically arranged — messed-up middle-aged single fathers who care about their kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
“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
Dell would have to come up with his own way of sorting through the weeds of messed-up students.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
