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as in nightmare
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released
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as in hell
the place of punishment for the wicked after death
in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent
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Noun
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Marco Bellocchio‘s six-episode Italian-language drama is a living nightmare of the past that doubles as an agonizing manifestation of the present — a potent reminder that widespread stupidity isn’t confined to a single time or place.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Because of the technology, all résumés and cover letters look the same, spelling a hiring nightmare for recruiters who are left to emphasize other parts of the hiring process to differentiate among candidates.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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After Cas pulls Dean out of hell, fans (and Collins himself) shipped the two (#Destiel) devotedly, and the show’s writers would occasionally throw some queerbaiting bones their way.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Middle school is hell on earth.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.—
Staff Photographer,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Latinx people of conscience recognize our own tios, tias, primos, primas, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers in the brown faces being livestreamed with blood and agony pouring into enraged mouths asking for help.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Times investigations uncovered the alert failure in January of last year, and later found that almost no fire trucks were in that side of the community as the inferno raged through.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The inferno was filmed, photographed and broadcasted around the world in a media frenzy that sealed the airship industry’s future.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
18 Feb. 2026
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In that final part of the cycle—the writing part—were torments, perhaps even tortures, but good things happened.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
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The general thrust of the changes were to de-melodramatize Salieri’s action and to focus more attention on his guilt and metaphysical torment.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Italian carried on at Spurs for another 13 months before finally being put out of his misery after his much more memorable rant at Southampton in March 2023.—
Dan Kilpatrick,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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But Berthe has lost her whole family to the camps … isn’t the cause of her misery right there?—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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In late September 2020, the hospitality world, including foodies around the world, watched in horror as parts of this beloved resort, including the restaurant, were consumed by the Glass Fire.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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The horror films that stay with me are the ones that feel personal first and supernatural second, and this movie blends pulpy genre thrills with a story about masculinity and power.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2026
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One document that has been shared describes the torture of a small child by a group of men.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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Burge himself never was charged directly in any of the torture allegations, though he was fired from the Chicago Police Department in 1993.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Gehenna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gehenna. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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