as in to mess
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In today’s episode, Wesley sits down with Linda to discuss the health risks of relaxers, the hair icons that messed them both up and the culture surrounding hair relaxing that keeps people using these products.—
Linda Villarosa Paula Szuchman,
New York Times,
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Giving users more control is great as long as there's not too much potential to mess things up.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 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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And yet even within Lazar’s family, the fire jumbled plans.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Sending even slightly wrong signals to a patient’s brain would leave them feeling jumbled and confused.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
16 Jan. 2025
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Although this Cinderella is thankfully not a naive maiden, her storyline occasionally gets muddled by one too many loose threads.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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Doing too much, too soon, not only muddles your purpose, but overextends your resources.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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But mimicking this behavior and expecting similar results could set young adults up for disappointment or disordered eating habits.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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Research suggests that time spent on social networking sites is associated with body image issues, self-harm, and disordered eating in children and teens.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
19 Dec. 2024
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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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Hypertrophic scars are raised, round, and discolored.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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Similarly, soap scum, moisture, and grime can seep into the grout in the bathroom, staining and discoloring the grout lines.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Colly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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