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hellish

[hel-ish] / ˈhɛl ɪʃ /


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"Ferns responded to and delivered the fuel that fanned the flames, triggering repeated massive wildfires. A truly hellish world."

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

So this time around, after a hellish year for myself, and frankly, the entire country, I decided Vitamin D was a requirement: I needed to go somewhere warm.

From Salon Feb. 2, 2026

I’ve been doing daily art journalism for 45 years — 36 of them at The Times, with 2,195 bylines — so I’m about to find out whether this quitting will also be hellish.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

Former BBC media editor Amol Rajan described the job as "hellish" when Davie first took over.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2025

Every person I knew had a hellish horror of being “called out of his name.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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