1
: hell sense 2
all heck breaks loose
2
: hell sense 4
a heck of a lot of money
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it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom
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All in all, this was a heck of a year from a heck of a player.
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Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In the present-day timeline, what the heck does that look like inside a scared 17-year-old who is not trying to survive in the wilderness and who has not been through that, but who maybe has an energy coursing through her, like the energy of that survival instinct of that experience?
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
Superman hasn't taken up his cape on the big screen since, well, whatever the heck was going on at the end of The Flash.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The Season Three finale of The White Lotus aired Sunday night, finally answering the season-long question: Who the heck dies in the end?
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
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Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In the present-day timeline, what the heck does that look like inside a scared 17-year-old who is not trying to survive in the wilderness and who has not been through that, but who maybe has an energy coursing through her, like the energy of that survival instinct of that experience?
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
Superman hasn't taken up his cape on the big screen since, well, whatever the heck was going on at the end of The Flash.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The Season Three finale of The White Lotus aired Sunday night, finally answering the season-long question: Who the heck dies in the end?
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heck. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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