messy
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Montgomery said Walmart’s leadership team expects there will be messy moments, but top executives and the board view automation as a long-term project that’s worth it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The tycoon had two young children with his first wife Sonja Madzikanda, from whom he split in 2024 and was still embroiled in a messy court case over the divorce settlement.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Trading action has been volatile and even messy at times.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
There is no doubt that the Cornell case is messy.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We can talk here,” I said, suddenly embarrassed about how messy the counter looked and how the dishes were piled up in the sink.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
As a result, he says, "I think readers are coming to value very obviously personal writing, and maybe even writing that's messier, less structurally sound or composed or perfected, than they maybe once would've desired."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The monthslong rout in global government bonds is getting messier and weirder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Their findings suggest that "early Neo-Assyrian political history was much messier, but also more interesting, than has so far been recognized."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
It becomes a little compressed, a little messier and somehow more itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The quill strokes seemed slightly less precise, the labels messier.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Of all the fronts in the AI wars—funding, electricity, chips—the messiest is the fight for human capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
The messiest divorce in Seahawks history will be all but forgotten as two Super Bowl winners reminisce on the good times and block out the gloomy ones.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
Its afterlife has also been the messiest of the three albums: The documentation related to the recording is scant and faded, as are the memories of those who worked on it.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
"Nip/Tuck," "House, M.D." and the messiest doctors on "Grey's Anatomy" hook us with their private drama.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2023
The area around my bed was the messiest part of the room, except for the area under my bed, which was even worse.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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