Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024

According to Dennhardt, the deer are messing with the rare animal and plant life on Catalina, which is part of an archipelago so biodiverse that it is often called North America’s Galápagos.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

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

From BBC • May 17, 2024

Only you guys find these things funny or you guys are messing about or poking fun at each other for different things.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2023

“And you are messing with the wrong person,” I say through gritted teeth.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu