Messier
Americannoun
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Luxurious bedsheets, a reflective Dame Tracey told Kuenssberg, is her "reward" for having lived through a much messier youth and young womanhood.
From BBC
Bat knew he was doing a messier job of it than Mom had done, but the baby skunk didn’t seem to mind.
From Literature
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"From a more technical rugby perspective, I think that as a scrum-half playing in France, it can be a little bit messier, a little bit more free-flowing, a little bit more open," he explained.
From Barron's
And while it was great to see the singer, her link was messier than a night out with Charli XCX.
From BBC
The Ring Nebula was first observed in 1779 by French astronomer Charles Messier in the northern constellation Lyra.2 It is a glowing shell of gas produced when a star reaches the end of its nuclear fuel burning stage and ejects its outer layers into space.
From Science Daily
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