as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
regretted the day she thought that it would be a good idea to muck about in the neighbors' marital problems
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Making decisions that are the prerogative of grieving family members usually gets you in trouble; refraining from interfering does not.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026 -
The Department of Justice had at one point investigated whether Pulte and his team were interfering in ongoing investigations.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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But the star’s storms were messing with the GPS systems on John Deere’s precision agricultural equipment, which uses geographic guidance to help farmers precisely plant, spray and harvest crops.—
Sarah Scoles,
Scientific American,
10 Dec. 2025
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Gunnar goes all in, but an idiot A&R executive or a jealous hater could really mess him up.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
2 Dec. 2025
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“Muck (about or around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muck%20%28about%20or%20around%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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