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forfend

[fawr-fend] / fɔrˈfɛnd /










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The reason is clear: Audiences gravitate toward the popular and shrink from the unknown or, heaven forfend, the challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal

He once thought their greatest fear was a stiff primary challenge and the possibility — heaven forfend — of losing reelection.

From Los Angeles Times

Recently relocated to Paris from Los Angeles, Millepied has not — heaven forfend — been idle.

From New York Times

“It isn’t hard to see the Oscars on a track to becoming something like the National Book Awards” — heaven forfend! — “with way more glamorous presenters.”

From New York Times

Otherwise, he has to use — heaven forfend — a metal teapot.

From Los Angeles Times