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Recent Examples of hell-bent
But there’s also a bit of distracting stunt casting in the form of Kurt Russell as a corrupt mogul named Dob McCoy, who has a special ability to turn locals against each other and ruin their crops, his castor farm an ominous foreshadowing of hell-bent poisonings to come.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
How Sheridan creates these worlds complements the theme of one brave man — occasionally, a woman — taking on the malignant forces hell-bent on destroying this country.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
There’s no doubt that if healthy, Brown will be impacting a team that is hell-bent on returning to the postseason for the first time in five years.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Fans online appeared charmed by the scrappy cast of characters who were hell-bent on finishing the Shakespearean work.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
How Sheridan creates these worlds complements the theme of one brave man — occasionally, a woman — taking on the malignant forces hell-bent on destroying this country.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
There’s no doubt that if healthy, Brown will be impacting a team that is hell-bent on returning to the postseason for the first time in five years.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Fans online appeared charmed by the scrappy cast of characters who were hell-bent on finishing the Shakespearean work.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hell-bent
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In lieu of narrative progression, Lund is singularly intent on generating an atmosphere that makes the viewer feel like they’re perched in the bleachers.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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These technologies help marketers identify intent signals, prioritize accounts, and engage decision-makers with relevant content at the right time.—
Forrester,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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If experts at the institution also find the drawing to be an original Renoir, the piece will be included in its official catalogue raisonné dedicated to the artist.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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There is former New York Mayor and U.N. Special Envoy Michael Bloomberg, who is steadfastly dedicated to supporting innovative solutions.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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Unique, however, is resolute and reveals a personal betrayal.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Even many Republicans who bristled at the tens of billions of dollars in aid packages that Congress approved for Ukraine were resolute that Russia and Vladimir V. Putin, its president, were the aggressors in the conflict.—
Karoun Demirjian,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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The tech giant—now named Meta—seems determined to make this happen itself.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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As a jet-setting artist with a devoted worldwide fan base firmly in place thanks to her role in history-making K-pop act Blackpink, Jennie is determined to build upon that on her own.—
Lyndsey Havens,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
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An insistent backbeat kept Fantasy of a Broken Heart lively and muscular, but the off-center guitars provided an appealingly sour counterpoint that lent a sense of surprise to this group’s version of pop.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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Already various people in the train car were becoming familiar to me from their insistent ringtones.—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In one of Saturday’s upsets sure to bust more than a few brackets, No. 10-seed Arkansas took down No. 2 St. John’s 75-66.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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The chaos of disinformation, the constant noise in public life, rule of law disappearing, the beginnings of fear, the worry about communications privacy, and much else are the sure signs.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Nobody’s shooting on this season’s Longhorns would be mistaken for Stephen Curry’s, but Schaefer is adamant that this group stands out among his 20-year head-coaching career.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Still, Jenkins was adamant about not moving to the city.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
27 Mar. 2025
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Although his rhetoric and actions are particularly extreme, Trump is far from alone in his single-minded fixation on borders.—
EDWARD ALDEN,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Mar. 2025
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Following the Bard fiasco, Google has developed a single-minded obsession with adding generative AI to all its products, even if profitability remains elusive in the AI industry.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Hell-bent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hell-bent. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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