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Investment in artificial intelligence is driving our economy and the markets but it’s also doing something else … scaring the hell out of people.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
There’s this old joke about a guy’s first day in hell.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
"I have a lot of respect for Shakur - he's one hell of a fighter," Smith added.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
It is so gruelling that its Asia tournament in Hong Kong was billed as "physical hell", with player Leo Lines admitting that "anyone that's got the puck" is going through "some level of suffering".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Vermont is one thing but he could get into a hell of a lot of trouble in New York.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
We all had been through our private hells, and we were still processing what we had experienced.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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