mix up
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You can mix up the kinds of stocks you own: technology versus consumer goods, for example, or overseas versus U.S. companies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
The only thing that could make this chock-a-block calendar better would be if they could mix up some of these venues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
"I've never heard of an incident like this in the UK. It is the biggest fear of any IVF unit to mix up an egg or sperm or embryo."
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
"The responsible culprits tried to mix up substandard net with qualified nets so as to cheat inspection and law enforcement agencies," Lee said, calling the suspects "evil".
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
The casement was only half full, so I put the pot back on the hot plate to mix up some more.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Ella says Darryl Smith assured the group there had been a mix-up and claimed to be dealing with domestic issues.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
He did appear to confuse the two islands in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year, though the White House denied any mix-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The prosecution argued that the alleged test mix-up in no way jeopardized their case.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Lawyers for Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson say her conviction was undermined by a "catastrophic" mix-up that led to the jury staying at the same hotel as prosecutors and a key witness.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I understand there’s some kind of mix-up here?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Sharing Isn’t Caring: Even though AI companies frown on chatbot password sharing, people still do it, leading to embarrassing discoveries, personal data mix-ups and even cybersecurity issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The mix-ups were the result of responding to a wildfire of unprecedented scale, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
There have been several lawsuits in recent years brought against US fertility clinics over IVF mix-ups.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
From that starting point, despite his many successes, there has been a steady pileup of scatterbrained gaffes and mix-ups.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2024
Some people even misspelled her job title as “Crypt Analyst,” which led to mix-ups.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
