hell-bent (on or upon)

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Adjective
  • Nick, now focused on his role as the heir to his grandfather’s empire, and Noah, just beginning to build her own career, are determined to keep their distance, despite their ​undeniable attraction​ and the past that connects them.
    Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Is this morally corrupt crowd determined to ignore constitutional obligations rather than ever admit a mistake?
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Evolving Search Referring to Google user intent programming, Srinivas talked about how search is a fundamental service, and what that has meant for the industry.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The Metropolitan Police of Cartagena said the 40-year-old man had a flight to Amsterdam and was intent on taking more than 220 grams of cocaine to the European country.
    Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side In the big-screen adaptation of this true story, Sandra Bullock played Leigh Anne Tuohy, the resolute Southern mother who adopts teen Michael Oher.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Conscientiously addressing a national crisis of domestic abuse while also lunging for the heartstrings, the film is an uneven balance of grainy social realism and crowd-pleasing uplift, but Cruz’s resolute performance just about holds it together.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • And, in fact, Democrats are winning special elections month after month after month, including most recently a decisive one in Wisconsin earlier this month for the state Supreme Court.
    Isabel Danzis, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • That’s exactly what WWE fans got inside Allegiant Stadium, with a short but sweet bout that ended in decisive fashion when Cargill demolished Naomi with a massive Jaded finisher.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Just imagine how positive so many of Harvard’s alumni, partners, faculty, and current students must feel due to the position taken by the University.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • One outcome of stigma exploitation is value reversal, showing that something negative can become positive.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Hell-bent (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hell-bent%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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