hell
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To paraphrase the maxim falsely attributed to Lincoln, you can fool a whole bunch of the people for a hell of a long time, but you can’t fool all of them forever.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Unfortunately he only ever moved from "two bar hell to three bar purgatory".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Then all hell broke loose at half past six in the morning."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It was a hell of a matchup: The No. 12 Trojans vs. the No. 20 Ducks, Riley trying to beat Lanning for the first time in three tries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
"What a hell of a reason for sitting with any one. If you're tight, go to bed. Go on to bed."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
His brother, who also served in the military, has come to speak to Ray about something more personal, but the hells they experienced in that conflict are the larger issue they must confront.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
"So this is glamour, people are walking past saying I've seen that bodysuit in M&S, I must get one... but it was all fine, there was no fire - only in the nine hells."
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024
It’s going to be one hell of an offseason, and there’s nothing like hells of offseasons.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2021
On August 4th, we watched from our separate hells as a 40,000-foot cloud the color of bruised flesh collapsed over the ridge west of Greenville.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2021
In Westeros the septons spoke of seven hells and seven heavens, but the Seven Kingdoms and their gods were far away.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
