the hell with
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“I really thought seriously about saying the hell with it, sell everything and move to Peru with the Shipibo,” he said, thinking maybe he would remarry and finally have a family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
“I’m sure there were times when he said, ‘Oh, the hell with this,’ and ‘Crikey, she’s being thorough — she’s excavating my whole life,’” she said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2021
“You fight for your country, you come home, and they say the hell with you.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2018
I’m sure I asked around, my roommates, and nobody was interested, so I just said the hell with it.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2018
Buford had taught them to fight dismounted, the way they did out west, and the hell with this Stuart business, this glorious Murat charge.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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