hell on earth
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Lorne Warburton had never heard of the hantavirus until three years ago when he was taken to hospital and put on life support, describing the sickness as "torture" and "hell on earth".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
"The degree of illness and sickness that I went through was hell on earth, it was torture, to go through that and to be able to bounce back."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Three decades after a national publication probed the city’s ills, we gathered a panel of Angelenos to ponder the age-old question: Is Los Angeles hell on earth?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024
One former Perth and Kinross postmaster, who was wrongly accused of stealing £17,500 during the Horizon scandal, said he was put through "hell on earth".
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024
Kabul in those days, Amir jan, was as close as you could get to that proverbial hell on earth.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
