hellhole

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Recent Examples of hellhole The desert city, oasis or hellhole or both, can’t help but bounce back. Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025 Because that once promising social media public square has, instead, turned into a social media public hellhole. Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025 Armstrong thinking Vegas is a total hellhole of a city hasn’t stopped him from showing up for the Green Day fans there. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024 Crimea and the Donbas are economic hellholes and huge drains on Russian resources. Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2016 See All Example Sentences for hellhole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellhole
Noun
  • While not a dump cake, this dessert comes close.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Two sources told NetsDaily that the Brooklyn Nets might be open to taking Drummond on in a salary dump.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other cuts start as pop songs before crashing into atonal messes and freak rock chaos.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Vacmaster Portable Carpet Cleaner Utilizing 15 kilopascals of suction power, the cleaner shampoos carpeted and upholstered surfaces to break up tough messes.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On the 18th hole of the final match, Nicklaus sank his par putt and then conceded Tony Jacklin’s short par putt, ensuring both the match and the Ryder Cup ended in a tie.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • My only shot was through a hole the size of a business card between some limbs.
    Jack Atcheson Sr. as told to Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?
    Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
Noun
  • For patients with eyelid infections, this buildup is a common cause of dryness, itchiness, eyelash loss and even recurrent sties.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
  • Vance's office announced the trip on Sunday, describing it as one dedicated to learning about Greenlandic culture with stops at historical sties and its national dogsled race.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Hellhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellhole. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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