mixed bag

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Inflation can be a mixed bag for Social Security’s trust fund.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

V&A East Museum, then, is a mixed bag and largely a missed opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Wednesday's results revealed mixed bag for the companies on that front.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

April is notorious for brining a mixed bag of unpredictable weather and this week has been a real example of that.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

There was an immense quantity of large game, and I had made a mixed bag of elephants, hippopotami, buffaloes, rhinoceros, giraffes, and great numbers of the large antelopes.

From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir