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Despite all the progressive fire and brimstone descending on Elon Musk, his Department of Government Efficiency is making only a down payment on shrinking the administrative state.
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Robert J. Delahunty, National Review, 3 Mar. 2025
This wasn’t the fire and brimstone of fundamentalism; this was the joyful, big-tent-style Christianity of Billy Graham.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2025
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
Warne would not have approved of watering down fire and brimstone.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Robert J. Delahunty, National Review, 3 Mar. 2025
This wasn’t the fire and brimstone of fundamentalism; this was the joyful, big-tent-style Christianity of Billy Graham.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2025
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
Warne would not have approved of watering down fire and brimstone.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Fire and brimstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20and%20brimstone. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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