raise hell
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“I couldn’t believe they didn’t maintain their helicopter. I was raising hell because they put my life in jeopardy.”
From Los Angeles Times
“My husband was very strict, but Ben was the most difficult of my three children,” Teiko Chida said, adding that he raised hell even at preschool, kicking his teacher and refusing snacks.
From Los Angeles Times
“I do not understand why all of the sudden they’re raising hell about it in the middle of June.”
From New York Times
The year is 1974, President Richard Nixon has just resigned, a federal judge has ordered the busing of students to desegregate the city’s public high schools, and irate White parents are raising hell.
From Washington Post
“We have to raise hell with the BOV about this whole ‘Get Jefferson’ movement by the CD and the super liberal faculty...”
From Washington Post
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