goodness knows
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"She has made friends with countless visitors over the years and had goodness knows how many chinwags," he added.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024
Actor Michael Maloney – goodness knows that performance, that last scene when he brings out all those matches and lights it, I don't know how he doesn't set his own hand on fire.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022
For many of us, the latter can seem unattainable in a space overwhelmed by piles of laundry, shelves of cleaning clutter and goodness knows what else.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2022
“But they have to strike a balance between being appealing to kids and appealing to parents and goodness knows how you do that.”
From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2020
They didn’t always like hard work, goodness knows, and sometimes they figured all kinds of ways to get out of it.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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