purgatory
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At the same time, displaced material from the impact formed Mount Purgatory as a towering central peak on the opposite side of the planet.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Appeared in the November 14, 2025, print edition as 'The Catholic Case for Purgatory in Scripture'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
"Purgatory is the word that I would use to describe the situation that so many people are in," says Chloe, having now seen the crisis close-up.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
Or are they meandering in the netherspace known as Purgatory?
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022
Adopting the phraseology of the neighborhood, he referred to his Brooklyn internship as going through Purgatory, when he wrote to his socially prominent fiancée in Boston.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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