screwed up
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“I’m gonna have to call him tomorrow and tell him what I thought of it. And you know what he’ll say? ‘I screwed up, coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
Charlie is a type, too, the prodigal who has screwed up his career and finds himself at square one, executing a rescue mission that only emphasizes his setback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
If that happens and Congress later says, Wait, we screwed up, start it up again—it’s too late, because the spacecraft is no longer able to be contacted.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
“That’s where they screwed up, they started subsidizing a lot of these guys clear back in the Dust Bowl,” Mike said of the biggest ranches.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
When the Wall Street investment bank screwed up badly enough, its risks became the problem of the United States government.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
These characters know that the mandate is awful, but they’ve found screwed-up ways to live with it.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
When I read the CrossFit Kids Training Guide, I felt desperate to find red flags, something I could point at to definitively explain my screwed-up relationship with my body.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2023
But Claudio, what was it like having to face the screwed-up character your son created based on you?
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
Emulating his patented fadeaway with a screwed-up ball of paper tossed into a rubbish bin while exclaiming 'Kobe!' was the closest I ever got.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021
“This” equals our parents and Sundays and maybe our whole screwed-up lives.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
