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
Allan Lichtman, the historian known for predicting the outcome of presidential elections, is explaining what the heck happened with his incorrect selection of Vice President Kamala Harris this go-round.
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
So what the heck is going on with a group that so excelled at keeping quarterbacks out of sorts in 2023?
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
After a heck of a Sunday afternoon, Payton’s challenge now is to not let this one become an emotional crusher on the season.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
These crumbling relationships have left the audience with one big question: How the heck did these people make it onto the show in the first place?
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
So what the heck is going on with a group that so excelled at keeping quarterbacks out of sorts in 2023?
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
After a heck of a Sunday afternoon, Payton’s challenge now is to not let this one become an emotional crusher on the season.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
These crumbling relationships have left the audience with one big question: How the heck did these people make it onto the show in the first place?
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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Early on in Season Two there is a wedding, a celebration the sisters deserve after two years of hell.Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Small figures enjoying a lesbian orgy are embroidered onto the canvas, as if to remind viewers that when the outside world is hell, the body can offer private pleasure.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Finding a way to start over The havoc from Cyclone Freddy was widespread across several countries, displacing 650,000 people from their homes in Malawi alone.Lauren Sommer, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
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Just like hiking the Appalachian Trail, volunteers and officials agreed the repairs and cleanup after Helene’s havoc would be a complex journey for the trail’s enormous community.Graham Hurley, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
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Thanksgiving Day will bring a mess of rain for the I-95 corridor from Florida to Maine, and heavy snow for the interior Northeast and New England.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
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Those drips and drops will dry out to become an ooey, gooey, stuck-on mess that is much harder to clean.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
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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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Think of it instead as a Rube Goldberg machine, reimagining doodles as dense jumbles of steps and if-then rules.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heck. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.
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