infernal
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Some tourists waited under a pine tree while others hurried up the Via dei Fori Imperiali, wearing hats or carrying umbrellas to escape the infernal sun.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
These long, winding, canal-like tunnels, big enough for boats, are nothing short of the subterranean answer to the city’s boulevards, with an unexpected, if somewhat infernal, majesty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
When Davis wrote his controversial piece, he also noted that “late August to early October is the infernal season in Los Angeles.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Its three suns move and align in such a way as to create regular but random apocalyptic events, from infernal heat to sudden ice ages to gravitational vortexes, that destroy the civilization again and again.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
The chamber was infernal in its heat and rank in its scent.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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