heaven knows
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“Moonshot” might inspire others to devote themselves to the hard work of making effective vaccines — heaven knows we need them for diseases including tuberculosis, malaria and beyond.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
Little bits of Mahler and Mahler-like music emerge out of heaven knows what kind of mixed-up soup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
After heaven knows how long, they made their way home, with George driving “at no more than 10 miles an hour” all the way back to Esher.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020
Each merits that level of creative consideration, and heaven knows it's long overdue.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2020
Insects have colonies of bacteria, the mycetocytes, living in them like little glands, doing heaven knows what but being essential.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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