for Pete's sake
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The power button even does what it’s supposed to when you hold it down for Pete’s sake!
From The Verge ● Aug. 27, 2022
“I was always proud of my work, but for Pete’s sake, I didn’t do anything alone.”
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2021
Lambert, 39, laughed broadly at first when confronted with the incongruity of it all — the man enabled his college education, for Pete’s sake; what more does it take to win his vote?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2020
Last year he played Jesus Christ himself in a live network television musical, for Pete’s sake.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2019
Her parents were publishing a book about living in fifty states, for Pete’s sake.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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