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Examples of mess over in a Sentence
her no-good boyfriend has been messing her over for years
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And yet Burning Man wasn’t even the center of festival mess over the weekend.
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Vulture, 5 Sep. 2023
This is according to a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Gemini in July that claims DCG is to blame for the ongoing mess over Earn, a high-yield crypto-lending program.
—Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 11 Aug. 2023
Alex is cleaning up Audrey’s mess over a beer.
—Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 26 May 2020
The district owes $1 billion in municipal debt, which is now entangled in a legal mess over how bondholders will be paid back under the new arrangement.
—Robbie Whelan, WSJ, 11 May 2022
How much of a factor was the continuing mess over former host Chris Cuomo’s firing in December?
—Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
With 2020-21 losses of over €200m ($226m), Juventus need to trim their playing squad, which has morphed into a bloated mess over the last three years.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
Biden’s best bet is that his jawboning and pushing at the ports and other points along the supply chain can make a difference, while companies untangle the mess over time.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 12 Nov. 2021
Turn and stir the whole vegetable mess over high heat simmering for not more than 3 minutes.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
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Vulture, 5 Sep. 2023
This is according to a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Gemini in July that claims DCG is to blame for the ongoing mess over Earn, a high-yield crypto-lending program.
—Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 11 Aug. 2023
Alex is cleaning up Audrey’s mess over a beer.
—Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 26 May 2020
The district owes $1 billion in municipal debt, which is now entangled in a legal mess over how bondholders will be paid back under the new arrangement.
—Robbie Whelan, WSJ, 11 May 2022
How much of a factor was the continuing mess over former host Chris Cuomo’s firing in December?
—Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
With 2020-21 losses of over €200m ($226m), Juventus need to trim their playing squad, which has morphed into a bloated mess over the last three years.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
Biden’s best bet is that his jawboning and pushing at the ports and other points along the supply chain can make a difference, while companies untangle the mess over time.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 12 Nov. 2021
Turn and stir the whole vegetable mess over high heat simmering for not more than 3 minutes.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1963, in the meaning defined above
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“Mess over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mess%20over. Accessed 25 Sep. 2023.
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