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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellfire
Noun
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Keeping with the down-home vibe, there are fire pits, a vegetable garden, and a communal lodge hangout space.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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The council also wants to expand open-flame restrictions such as outdoor barbecuing and use of fire pits during red flag warnings.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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According to sources, the contest in fact nearly tipped into the abyss with an additional half-dozen countries poised to pull out over the Israel inclusion.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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This whole Western Conference semifinal series against these defending champions has been a lose-lose proposition for the Lakers, who are now down 3-0 and staring into the elimination abyss in Game 4 on Monday.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Maybe someday, someone will make a musical about a movie based on a musical that goes to hell when all of the top-level producers and creatives go to war against each other.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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The characters then cross the nine concentric circles of hell, beginning with Limbo and then various circles where the souls of those who commit different sins end up.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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“Hellfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellfire. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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