as in hell
a state in which everything is out of order
the lack of planning had resulted in the city's evacuation being a mare's nest of epic proportions
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While touchdown connections with rookie sensation Jayden Daniels have helped lift this moribund franchise out of the depths of football hell, McLaurin finds his high by creating deep personal relationships with teammates.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Omaha packs one hell of an emotional gut-punch, especially thanks to a wise-beyond-her-years performance by Molly Belle Wright.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Supporters of the crackdown have also taken to social media to try to undermine the raid warnings, contributing false sightings to the people trying to aggregate data and generally causing havoc to try to disrupt the efforts.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Even rudimentary AIs could potentially cause havoc.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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By Jeffrey Kluger January 17, 2025 1:12 PM EST A lot of hardware destined for space went to pieces this week, but to hear the rocket companies responsible for the messes tell it, little untoward happened at all.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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And who made the mess in question in the first place?—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Minimize noise and clutter Dr. Small says environmental triggers like loud sounds and jumbles of papers and clothing can increase sundowning symptoms.—
Cathy Habas,
SELF,
17 Jan. 2025
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Owners’ names now read like jumbles of computer code, retirement homes or rock bands: Silver Sage, Dream Homes, Blue Apple, P Fin VII, Wref II, 3xs2, Vivid, Straight Red Lines, TKJK, Jags Proper.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2024
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Video taken by passengers shows chaos on board, with trays, food and other objects strewn across the flight’s floor.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The joy of conference play is chaos, particularly in this new era of the Power 4.—
Mark Schindler,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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The issue is Jurgens is dealing with a back injury, hence the confusion about his playing at all.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Fogelman likes to play around with time to create mysteries within otherwise straightforward narratives, and that’s how Paradise works, introducing little points of confusion and then filling in the backstory with flashbacks to flesh things out.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 2025
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The film is imbued with a satirical tone that portrays Argentinian society as being a snake pit of corruption and violence.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2024
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But as television has become more varied and ambitious across the streaming era, Curb has remained reliable in its formula, cataloguing the social improprieties and conversational snake pits that make up modern life.—
Larry Fitzmaurice,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2024
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In 2021, for example, 1.1 million seniors were diagnosed with an opioid-use disorder.—
Christian Josi,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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Longevity: Adults diagnosed with A.D.H.D., on average, die earlier than people without the disorder, a British study found.—
Jonathan Wolfe,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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