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Recent Examples of hellfire Mahon ran Channel 4 for eight years and is seen as a savvy political and commercial operator, who is sure-footed under scrutiny — all attributes that would serve her well in the hellfire moments that often come with running the BBC. —
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026 Instead of hellfire, Skate Story utilizes a vaporwave aesthetic to create an emotional journey throughout the Underworld. —George Yang, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025 Bang does better with the grotesquerie of hellfire, where lowballing the tone can have a sharp, often comic edge. —Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Meanwhile, Cory is catching some hellfire of his own thanks to a different member of Celine’s family: her husband Miles. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hellfire
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026 Instead of hellfire, Skate Story utilizes a vaporwave aesthetic to create an emotional journey throughout the Underworld. —George Yang, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025 Bang does better with the grotesquerie of hellfire, where lowballing the tone can have a sharp, often comic edge. —Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Meanwhile, Cory is catching some hellfire of his own thanks to a different member of Celine’s family: her husband Miles. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hellfire
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And the best way to get that track position is to leapfrog others on pit road.— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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There’s al fresco dining for eight and a fire-pit meant for roasting s’mores.— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2026
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Adobe could be crawling its way out of the software stock abyss, after a buyback and an endorsement from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revived confidence in the digital media provider.— Sarah Min, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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The horrid image in the news of a column of smoke rising above the city of Tehran — an abyss of darkness against the gray sky — arrests my attention.— Babak Rahimi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Misprisions of this kind were more likely to occur, the experts argued, in religious settings marked by the rigorous policing of strict ethical injunctions or an emphasis on particular states of mind as markers of grace or perdition.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Mar. 2026
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Sloth, after all, is a deadly sin, and it was often seen as the first step on the slippery slope to perdition.— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
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The counter-cultural elements of UFO folklore are starting to fade as the government embraces the mystery, but perhaps Vance’s beliefs will inject some old-fashioned fire and brimstone into the topic.— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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Trump decided to preach fire and brimstone at the normally bipartisan and staid National Prayer Breakfast — rivaling his performance at Davos recently.— Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026
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Two Thousand and Late (Atypical Artists) Two Thousand and Late tells the story of a demon from hell sent to bring along the apocalypse.— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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Continue reading … TABLES TURNED — 'The View' co-host says there's a 'special place in hell' for Caitlyn Jenner.— , FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Hellfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/hellfire. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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