as in to mess
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025 -
The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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But which No 9 good enough to lead a Premier League promotion chase is going to come to Leeds this month and sit on the bench waiting for the Dutchman to get crocked? Farke has mentioned Gnonto as an emergency striker option, if needed.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Store indigo garments together or wrap them in tissue to avoid crocking.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2024
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Minimize the presence of bulky and jumbled up cords, with sleek, wireless charging trays, pads, and stands.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
12 Sep. 2025
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Trump also was jumbling the timeline of jobs revisions last year, per Politifact.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Their habitats were ransacked, their migration routes disarranged, truncated, cut off.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Oct. 2022
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What was meant to be constructive ends up muddled.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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But the Royals and Guardians play each other this week, which muddles up the math a little bit (especially if Kansas City wins the series and hops the Guardians for second place).—
Christian Romo,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Entropy measures how disordered a system is.—
Chad Hanna,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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Disorder of the body disordered the mind.—
Leila Chatti
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.—
Yasmine Salam,
NBC News,
2 Dec. 2023
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Leather furniture or clothing will crack and discolor due to environmental reasons, and rugs of any fabric will deteriorate and fall victim to moths, bugs, and birds looking for a dark, cool space.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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In addition, removing gel manicures can involved regular exposure to chemicals that leave nails flaky and dry, or even permanently discolored, researchers at Harvard University found.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Colly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colly. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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