hellish
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"We had a hellish night on Friday," said one resident in the Talladje area near the airbase.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
An impressive 32% of immigrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo—war-torn and ravaged—have college degrees, as do 19% from hellish Somalia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Around her stood people in T-shirts with the same illustration featured on the church’s bulletin that week: a phoenix representing Boyle Heights rising from the flames of a hellish warehouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
"It must have been hellish in the forest at the time."
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
As we exit the highway forty-six hellish minutes later, he finally looks over at me.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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