screwed up
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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
“They screwed up, it was a bad day for them; they didn’t follow protocol and they should have. ... Other than that, they’re great. ...Let’s hope that they’ve learned.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
All hell breaks loose just often enough to remind everyone how screwed up this neighborhood is.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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