infernal machine
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While Marvel can seem “like this infernal machine that grinds on,” Bettany says, the projects are, in his experience, “incredibly collaborative.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023
The brilliant “elephant,” lumbering and impressive like its African namesake, is an infernal machine.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022
The only way to escape is to run faster than the infernal machine forces those stuck on it — but most Americans lack the strength and endurance to do so.
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2021
It’s also been called the Rube Goldberg effect –– where you see the world as an infernal machine.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2011
“What is wrong with this infernal machine? And now another interruption! Where is that voice coming from?”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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