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• And this is when all hell starts to break loose in the halls of the TVA.
  — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 30 June 2021
• Here is a dreamer and schemer for the 21st century, ready to make hell break loose.
  — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
• And give your right brain permission to let all hell break loose.
  — Phil Davison, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
• Every once in a thrilling while, a buffalo would break loose from the pack.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2020
• His error at shortstop helped the Cubs break loose at the start against Ashby.
  — Andrew Wagner, ajc, 1 July 2021
• If the world turned off the tap of fossil fuels tomorrow, all hell would break loose.
  — Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2023
• And all hell may break loose again, but for a different reason.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
• On the beach, the pompano bite should break loose any day as the water cools—live sandfleas on a pompano rig are the ticket.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 1 Oct. 2021
• Prepare for absolute hell to break loose if the Buffaloes do return to the Big 12.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
• When a third skier starts down the slope, huge slabs of snow break loose and begin sliding down the mountain beside him, the video shows.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
• When new germs break loose, humans—not nature—are often to blame.
  — Wendy Orent, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2012
• Then Aemond claims Vhagar, and that’s when all seven hells break loose.
  — Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2022
• Franklin’s block to wipe out a blitzing corner late in the first quarter that allowed Cephus to break loose for a 7-yard gain.
  — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Nov. 2021
• If someone grabs an ankle, do what is necessary to break loose and stumble on down the court.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2023
• If someone grabs an ankle, do what is necessary to break loose and stumble on down the court.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2023
• The best team in the country could be out of the running for a national title after the first weekend, and a team few have heard of can break loose.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 8 July 2020
• While backed up in their end zone, Ludewig was able to break loose and plow his way through for a 96-yard touchdown run midway through the opening quarter.
  — Michael Trivisonno, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
• Get ’em together with the Albuquerque Isotopes, and all heck could break loose.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2022
• In the midst of his day, all hell appears to break loose inside the facility leaving all children and staff dead with the exception of 11.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 20 May 2022
• Saturday was a chance just to break loose after the 15-month coronavirus shutdown.
  — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2021
• But Schmidt holds back from letting all hell break loose, which this experience deserves.
  — Vulture, 8 Feb. 2023
• Amid signs of that Pacific warm current starting to build anew, climatologists looked ahead to next year as the time when all hell might break loose.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
• It’s intended to create traffic in the middle of the field, allowing for receivers to break loose of their defenders.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022
• Robinson struggled to break loose against loaded boxes.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Nov. 2021
• Ol’ heads were chattin’ that if Nick Saban didn’t get it together soon, Prime would roll into Tuscaloosa next and, then naturally, all hell would break loose.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• For some types of bones, between 4 and 6 percent had signs of osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD), a joint condition in which the bone underneath cartilage dies and can break loose due to a lack of blood flow.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2023
• Even when the Americans did break loose for open attempts, Desbiens found an answer, sprawling, stretching, finishing with 51 saves.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• Some researchers say a psychedelic trip appears to free the brain to make new connections and eject itself from familiar ruts — a tool that could help patients break loose from destructive ways of thinking.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2023
• Harris is clearly a talented and hard-running back, and if the Patriots’ offensive line, which had four starters on the injury report late in the week, isn’t decimated by absences Sunday, this should be his week to break loose.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• His and other counterculture families moved to Last Chance to break loose from American society and live communally amid the redwoods and meadows.
  — Marc Wortman, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023

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