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hellish

[hel-ish] / ˈhɛl ɪʃ /


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Piker has survived his first hellish election cycle as a main character.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

When the Americans reached Weimar in April, Weirich was ordered to march through the hellish debris of Buchenwald to clear up the camp on a work detail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"We had a hellish night on Friday," said one resident in the Talladje area near the airbase.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

With a massive shock of red hair, bone-white makeup and oversized brow, Curry looked like a hellish Bozo the Clown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

But Burr’s entire life had been a sermon on the capacity of the sagacious spider to lift himself out of hellish difficulties and spin webs that trapped others.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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