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Recent Examples of hellfire
Van Zweden, leading the Philharmonic with the excellent singers of Musica Sacra, slid back into old habit of blazing through a score, which robbed sections like the hellfire Dies Irae of their heft.
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Joshua Barone, New York Times, 31 May 2024
The online opinions didn’t stop at hellfire, however.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
First, the advent of Marvin Miller’s reign of hellfire for the MLB players union delivered free agency, allowing players to serve out their initial contract, hit the market, and get the Yankees to pay you millions.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024
Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
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Joshua Barone, New York Times, 31 May 2024
The online opinions didn’t stop at hellfire, however.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
First, the advent of Marvin Miller’s reign of hellfire for the MLB players union delivered free agency, allowing players to serve out their initial contract, hit the market, and get the Yankees to pay you millions.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024
Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellfire
Noun
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Shower facilities and fire pits are also available on-site.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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Thandiwe Newton’s Former Rustic-Chic SoCal Retreat Hits the Market for $4.2 Million Outdoors, the grounds are dotted with hot-pink bougainvillea and host several stone and tile patios, a fire pit, and an infinity-edge pool and spa.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But as anybody working as a music creator knows, creating the music is only the start in a series of dancing monkey chores to make sure my work doesn’t disappear into the abyss.—
Kay Hanley,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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With the death of our local paper, where will local citizens get the information needed to keep us from a dark abyss where lies become truth and truth becomes lies?—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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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.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Warne would not have approved of watering down fire and brimstone.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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This would be fine in previous seasons, where the ’90s storyline propelled each episode with fresh hell in every episode.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Cowboys seem to be more concerned about the possibility of cap hell than exhausting every last resource to win now.—
Jon Machota,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Hellfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellfire. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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