messes

Example Sentences

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Yuppies cleaned up other people’s messes, then stayed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"I write the scripts, I plan the scenes, and keep redoing things because the AI generation messes up constantly," they wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The president sometimes messes with the reporters on the line or lets people around him eavesdrop on speakerphone.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

Each has a meltdown worthy of a telenovela, messes with the crime scene and hours later the police are called.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

I am happy to be left to my own devices, my own messes.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood