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The concrete he was mixing on a recent Friday was going to be used to anchor fencing around his one-acre lot he purchased four months ago in Hesperia.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

When users complained that the system was mixing up faces they had marked as “familiar,” a customer support representative in the forum advised them to delete all of their labels and start over.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

Mr Johnson was mixing up the number of people on payrolls, which had gone up, with the number of people in work, which had not.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2022

“He was mixing up his pitches very well. Maybe that was it.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022

At the table where Lil usually worked, Mr. Powell was mixing watercolors.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt