hellacious
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The job requirements are straightforward if not hellacious: Work at the office in person from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
No matter which quarterback was under center, the Commanders had trouble stopping San Francisco’s hellacious front.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
That hellacious blaze, which burned nearly 1,000,000 acres through five counties for more than three months, was the largest single wildfire in California history.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
California’s hell of a 2021 is so, well, hellacious that it’s not even giving us the holidays to relax and regroup for what’s already shaping up to be a scary 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
The fear that prickled Mark’s skin was like nothing he’d ever felt, even after all the hellacious things they’d experienced since that day when all went dark in the subtrans.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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