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darned

[dahrnd] / dɑrnd /


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He’s won four Oscars and, more importantly, the ability to do whatever he darned well pleases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

Yeah, I expect some hate mail for "Promethean," because it sounds so darned elitist and stupid all at once.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025

“It may be darned important that we have some ability to have those arms come here, rather than go somewhere else,” the State Department official concluded.

From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2023

“It’s just a matter of when, not if. He’s too darned good.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

The passengers and driver laughed, but to Ma this episode epitomized her entire experience in Delaware, that darned turkey rolling down the darned aisle in front of all those darned people.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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