hellish
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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
The death row inmate has been caught in a hellish middle ground.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
"We had a hellish night on Friday," said one resident in the Talladje area near the airbase.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
A woman whose dead father was discovered at an undertaker's three months after his funeral says her hellish ordeal has "crucified" her.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was the middle waiting area between whatever hellish situation people had come from and whatever free paradise they imagined on the other side.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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