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are messing

  • present progressive
    of mess.
    mess
    noun
    a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition.

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Already, they are messing with Los Angeles in advance of the 2028 Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024

“I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading,” Greene said to Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

From Slate ● May 21, 2024

“I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading,” Ms. Greene said, mocking her makeup.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2024

"I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you are reading", said Ms Greene.

From BBC ● May 17, 2024

The smells are messing with my neurons again.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson