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“Some expressed concerns that the federal government was meddling in an area where it does not belong,” he added.

From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Mr. Patel’s apparent communications with the president prompted Ms. Hill to raise concerns with her superiors, including John R. Bolton, then the national security adviser, that Mr. Patel was meddling outside his portfolio.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2019

But, certainly, there was meddling and probably there was meddling from other countries and maybe other individuals.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2018

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted the case before the court concerned judgments in 19 different lawsuits that were consolidated, casting doubt on whether Congress was meddling in a single case.

From Reuters • Jan. 13, 2016

It wasn’t only the federal government that was meddling in the tribe’s financial affairs.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann