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[hel] / hɛl /


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They’re also often the engines of pure, unadulterated office hell.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

I had met a few people in the early web days who’d sold their show to producers and networks, only to have them buried in development hell and never be seen again.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

"I dove headfirst into my own hell," she wrote.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

But if she were offered $26 million by an AI company, she said, “I’d say, hell yeah, and live instead of struggle.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Then they headed to another hell joint, several miles north of Fairfax.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

It was a roustabout settlement with three stores, a blacksmithy, a boarding house, a half-dozen saloons, gambling hells and dance halls.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2025

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

Even the most “normal” version of this show, though, is odd and inquisitive, with a lot to say about how we create our own paradises and hells.

From The Verge Dec. 12, 2018

A bare minimum of bulbs lit the space, casting long shadows and making the alcoves seem like portals to undisclosed hells.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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