as in hell
the place of punishment for the wicked after death
simple stupidity is not enough to doom one to perdition
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Images: Bloomberg News/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly The latest mile marker on New York City’s road to urban perdition is a PSA from the health commissioner.
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The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
Of all the threats looming over the planet today, one of the most alarming is the seemingly inexorable descent of the world’s oceans into ecological perdition.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
But in the case of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, perhaps it should be amended to something about governing in perdition, or at the very least purgatory.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 June 2023
His road to perdition finally ended at SMU.
—Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
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The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
Of all the threats looming over the planet today, one of the most alarming is the seemingly inexorable descent of the world’s oceans into ecological perdition.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
But in the case of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, perhaps it should be amended to something about governing in perdition, or at the very least purgatory.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 June 2023
His road to perdition finally ended at SMU.
—Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
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“Perdition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perdition. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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