as in hell
a state in which everything is out of order
it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom
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Recent Examples of heck
A couple of things: Pritchard is the young player and is having one heck of a season thus far.
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Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
This means that everyone can only guess what the heck might be happening inside o1.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
While Penn State still may have something to prove after facing SMU and Boise State, which are far from the elite in the sport, in the first two rounds of the Playoff, Notre Dame’s win against Georgia was a heck of a statement.
—Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
And that means Freeman was having one heck of a good birthday.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
This means that everyone can only guess what the heck might be happening inside o1.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
While Penn State still may have something to prove after facing SMU and Boise State, which are far from the elite in the sport, in the first two rounds of the Playoff, Notre Dame’s win against Georgia was a heck of a statement.
—Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
And that means Freeman was having one heck of a good birthday.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heck
Noun
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By Barry Levitt January 30, 2025 2:50 PM EST Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo) went through hell in the Season 1 finale of Netflix’s The Recruit, barely making it out alive following an unsparingly violent mission.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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Having reached her breaking point, Kimmie slammed her car right into Body, a fellow stripper who spent the entirety of Part 1 making Kimmie’s life a living hell.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
30 Jan. 2025
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Supporters of the crackdown have also taken to social media to try to undermine the raid warnings, contributing false sightings to the people trying to aggregate data and generally causing havoc to try to disrupt the efforts.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Even rudimentary AIs could potentially cause havoc.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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There’s no obvious way out of the mess, but avenues are being explored and the famously-scrappy UK production sector will back itself to find the route through.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2025
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In one guardroom, among the mess on the floor, is an orange locker door ripped from its hinges and taped with a poster of Mr. Assad.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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Minimize noise and clutter Dr. Small says environmental triggers like loud sounds and jumbles of papers and clothing can increase sundowning symptoms.—
Cathy Habas,
SELF,
17 Jan. 2025
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Owners’ names now read like jumbles of computer code, retirement homes or rock bands: Silver Sage, Dream Homes, Blue Apple, P Fin VII, Wref II, 3xs2, Vivid, Straight Red Lines, TKJK, Jags Proper.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2024
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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heck. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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