goodness knows
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Unless an unexpected candidate decides to take the plunge, and goodness knows what could happen these days, a change at the top doesn't seem likely to be prompted by the wannabe contenders.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
"It turns out that a child who has lived all her life with her papa falls goodness knows where in goodness knows whose hands behind some sort of stone wall," Bilienko said.
From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2023
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
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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