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infernal machine

NOUN
time bomb
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Her right hand, fingers curled, rests on the infernal machine, while her left hand is open on the windowsill.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025

While Marvel can seem “like this infernal machine that grinds on,” Bettany says, the projects are, in his experience, “incredibly collaborative.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023

The only way to escape is to run faster than the infernal machine forces those stuck on it — but most Americans lack the strength and endurance to do so.

From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2021

It’s also been called the Rube Goldberg effect –– where you see the world as an infernal machine.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2011

“What is wrong with this infernal machine? And now another interruption! Where is that voice coming from?”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart


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