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Recent Examples of fire and brimstone
Kiser didn’t want to get into too much detail about the fire and brimstone Freeman spewed the day before kickoff when the 38-year-old head coach showed that this program has a weapon leading it.
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Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Warne would not have approved of watering down fire and brimstone.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
As with his discussion of the Combs charges, Williams didn’t add any fire and brimstone to his delivery.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Because basically, to date, Hollywood has just shown us the apocalypse, the fire and brimstone, The Day After Tomorrow kind of stuff.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 29 Sep. 2024
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Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Warne would not have approved of watering down fire and brimstone.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
As with his discussion of the Combs charges, Williams didn’t add any fire and brimstone to his delivery.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Because basically, to date, Hollywood has just shown us the apocalypse, the fire and brimstone, The Day After Tomorrow kind of stuff.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 29 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire and brimstone
Noun
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Evidence could include jetty and mooring post remnants, ballast stones, boatbuilding pits, temporary shelters, and artifacts indicating local commerce.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
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That dynamic pits the department’s higher-ups against its rank-and-file firefighters and EMS workers.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Frequently, the kill shot that ends an attempt comes from a hellfire blast that could be plainly seen coming but slipped in between the lines between one parry and another.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2025
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In the final episode, the 171-year-old vampire — who was forever stuck in a 17-year-old’s body — sacrificed himself in order to stop the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Va., from getting destroyed by hellfire.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
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The agreement with the UK also gives other world leaders a reason to hope that other deals can rescue the global economy from the abyss, providing a framework for future negotiations.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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With deep-sea mining looming, biologists race to collect and name the undiscovered species of the abyss, the last wilderness on earth.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Appropriately for a fantasy of perdition suited to this nihilistic century, the logic of eternal punishment remains opaque.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The perdition market did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment asking if an announcement like FanDuel's would follow.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Fire and brimstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20and%20brimstone. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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