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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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Sliding glass doors open to a massive deck, one of the highlights of the home, that offers lots of lounge space, a fire pit, an al fresco dining spot, and fabulous views of the ocean, the downtown core, and the surrounding mountains.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
27 Feb. 2025
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This charming A-frame is the ideal place to take in fresh mountain views and air while still enjoying wintery comforts like a fire pit (circled by modern chairs) and wood-burning stove.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With 60 minutes of run time remaining, the film has no choice but to slink into the abyss to die.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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In March 2020, the U.S. economy seemed to be spiraling into an abyss.—
John Jennings,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 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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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.—
Robert J. Delahunty,
National Review,
3 Mar. 2025
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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
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The Good Place aired on NBC for four seasons starting in 2016 and featured myriad twists and turns, principally with what the stars thought to be heaven turning out to be hell.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Players are corporate workers in what is basically hell.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Hellfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellfire. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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