whole mess
Example Sentences
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Even if they prove fairly insulated from a wipeout, they do stand to lose significant business from the whole mess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Compliance means adding reverse-osmosis stages, more ion-exchange capacity, additional sensors, cloud-monitoring platforms, and consultants to integrate the whole mess.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025
In a family kitchen in Ohio, another skips the eggs entirely but slides the whole mess — pasta, sauce, meat, cheese — into the oven, no recipe in sight.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025
“That was part of the whole mess because once the enemy surprised them and went into the base they were not ready. The whole thing collapsed,” he says.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024
A whole mess of rules that I was pretty sure nobody paid any mind to except maybe Howard.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
