damned
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Not for the first time, it finds itself in no-win situation, damned no matter which course of action it takes in the absence of some negotiated plan.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“Sometimes you gotta get off social media and demand answers. Cuz I’ll be damned if my ‘husband’ is a clown and we’re not at the circus.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Now interest in vintage Jeeps, Land Rover Defenders and Ford Broncos is surging for women who will pay top dollar for old cars, never-ending upkeep be damned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
You’re damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Happy to do it. Between you and me, I think he’s damned glad to get out of the house.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
He rang his boss, the head of the political section: "I said, you know, Jim, this is the damndest thing."
From BBC ● May 6, 2019
Marvel has an extensive catalogue of characters to anoint as the next generation of Avengers; it’s also doing its damndest to make the X-Men cool again.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2019
They lost, 16-12,They lost, 16-12, but Zebo was outstanding, taking his catches, making his tackles, and doing his damndest to break the gainline.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2013
One had to do with the other: The simpler the system was, the less the players had to worry about anything but trying their damndest to execute it.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2012
Frank said, "That was the damndest noise I ever heard."
From Deadly City by Paul W. Fairman
No doubt the TikTok amateur detectives would’ve momentarily shifted from true crime to the Chaplin twins, trying their damnedest to debunk what only the sisters could truly understand.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
If a young band can meet a grim moment like this, the Neighborhood Kids did their damnedest on Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
“We’re doing our damnedest to get this right,” said Steven Siegel, a board member of the Colorado Healing Fund.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
"It can't achieve strategic surprise but it will try its damnedest to achieve operational and tactical surprise. That will involve concealment, camouflage, deception, misinformation which they used quite successfully last autumn."
From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2023
“All right,” I said, trying my damnedest to sound like them.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
