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hell on earth

NOUN
living death
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Attendees said the bookseller's annual BookFest was disorganised and potentially unsafe, with some social media users joking they had "survived" the event while one deemed it "hell on earth".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025

Their living conditions have been described by one human rights defender as "a hell on earth".

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

"As far as the pain and bleeding went, it was amazing. But the menopausal symptoms, physically and emotionally, was hell on earth," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024

Three decades after a national publication probed the city’s ills, we gathered a panel of Angelenos to ponder the age-old question: Is Los Angeles hell on earth?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

“Jessamyn West said, ‘Writing is so difficult that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter.’

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven


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