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Recent Examples of hell Kelly: Basically said the hostages need to be freed or there's going to be hell to pay. NPR, 10 Jan. 2025 Politics ‘All hell will break out’: 3 foreign policy takeaways from Trump Jan. 7, 2025 The Securities and Exchange Commission has warned that cryptocurrencies are volatile investments with few safeguards to protect investors from manipulation and fraud, and cracked down on some firms. Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025 For example, the team that has retired the No. 12 to honor its fans for making their stadium a hell pit for opponents actually graded the worst. Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025 The paintings in part evoked those horrors; many of them, hell scenes by Hieronymus Bosch included, made cryptic political comment on the cruelties of their day. Teju Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hell 
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Noun
  • For homeowners in Illinois and across the country, the Getty’s resilience against the inferno holds important lessons.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Unusually strong Santa Ana winds topped off decades of decisions about land management and urban planning—setting a stage for sparks (with a still unknown origin) that ignited some of the most destructive infernos in California’s admittedly fire-prone history.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This is great for the Nvidia stock price, but a dystopian nightmare for humanity.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The intrigue: Land management, the use of prescribed burns and expanding building in fire-prone areas have also contributed to this wildfire nightmare.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Eoghan O’Connell’s role in both Shrewsbury goals was high on most culpability lists, as was a distinct lack of creativity in midfield and a failure to pose any kind of threat down the left side when Ryan Barnett was causing havoc down the opposite flank.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Walker thinks people may now be more receptive to her message, given the devastating wildfires that have wrought havoc on Los Angeles itself the past week.
    Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The United States’ postwar political identity has vanished into the abyss of the ballot box.
    Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The continental shelf offers refuge to creatures not suited for the shallow water or the abyss, including around New Caledonia.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Ohio State had several years of agony fueling its CFP run, and the 2025 season will be Penn State’s turn to attempt something similar.
    Austin Meek, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • After 15 months of agony, the potential Gaza ceasefire comes as a colossal relief not just for Palestinians and Israelis, but for the wider Middle East.
    Max Rodenbeck, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And who made the mess in question in the first place?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • By Jeffrey Kluger January 17, 2025 1:12 PM EST A lot of hardware destined for space went to pieces this week, but to hear the rocket companies responsible for the messes tell it, little untoward happened at all.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The perdition market did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment asking if an announcement like FanDuel's would follow.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Or did Christ die only for us, leaving any other creatures to a kind of limbo or perdition?
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2024
Noun
  • Former Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark was spotted on the sidelines during the game wearing an expression that looked as if someone on the Texans’ offense was about to be introduced to a lesson on misery.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Yet, none of that matters by the film's end, when Charlotte is forced to put wolf-Blake out of his misery in order to ensure her and her daughter's safety.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Hell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hell. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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