green earth
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It means a traipsing into NFL-land, where you look at your TV in mid-January and wonder what on God’s green earth the Carolina Panthers are doing on the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
After viewing the matter from every angle and discussing it in a full editorial conference for an hour, I don’t see how in God’s green earth we can publish “Whose Names Are Unknown.”
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
The sheep came spilling over the hillside, emerging through the low mist where the green earth touched the gray sky, running down into the fields below.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
How on God’s green earth did you miss this one, TV Academy?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
“Because there is no way on God’s green earth that you won’t have boatloads of it when you go out and cure cancer or discover another planet or something.”
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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