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heaven

[hev-uhn] / ˈhɛv ən /


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Another way of saying this is that they’ve found a new way to dress up “Survivor,” the original — and, heaven help us, still running — task-based themed elimination show.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

In an exclusive interview, Kristalina Georgieva said global economic shocks had been "pushing debt levels up like a staircase not to heaven" but that governments had taken "no action to contain that service cost".

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

There is, in fact, little I can do about bad weather or, heaven forbid, anything worse happening at 35,000 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

"But... the whole country was full of vigour, and there was a spirit of struggling with heaven, earth, and people to change every aspect of China," the retiree said.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

She must be loving it up in heaven, where I figure everybody must just let loose.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

It will view the heavens in the same crisp detail as Hubble, but can survey an area of sky in one year that would take Hubble 1,000 years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

In “Travelin’ Thru,” Parton raises her voice to the heavens and declares, “When I’m born again, you’re gonna see a change in me.”

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Inside, the eye immediately travels upward, led by rows of slightly sloping, fluted, twisting columns that seem to soar to the heavens.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

"If they are a bit more generous and say that 'Zhu Rongji did accomplish some practical things', I will thank the heavens."

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Holding on to wrought-iron balustrades, guests would then ascend thirty stairs that curved upward to the first- floor landing, whose sky-blue ceiling that Daddy had replicated at our house was like the heavens.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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