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Recent Examples of hellfire
Across all those years, though, the game itself has barely changed, becoming something of a familiar, comfortable blanket of hellfire for longtime players.
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 19 Feb. 2026
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
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 19 Feb. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellfire
Noun
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The Hatches lined a 6-foot pit with rocks and mortar and kept building higher — extending the walls 16 feet high inside their family barn.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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There’s also a sand pit where children can dig up replicas of pygmy mammoth bones.—
Deborah Netburn,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Noun
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In 2024, Washington’s first season with Quinn, Daniels and general manager Adam Peters, the Commanders were a mystery team — a franchise climbing out of a decades-long abyss under former owner Daniel Snyder, with plenty of hope but even more uncertainty.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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They are lost in the abyss of the deep ocean, unable to recognize themselves or their surroundings, overwhelmed and terrified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 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
Noun
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It's been a hell of a day, workwise.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
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In it, Lestat is taken on a journey through heaven and hell by the devil, and Jesus offers his blood to Lestat to drink.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 May 2026
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“Hellfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellfire. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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