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in the world

in any conditions on earth What in the world did he think he was doing? Why in the world would she say that? How in the world did you guess that it was me calling you? Who in the world does he think he is, speaking to me like that! Where in the world will they get the energy they need?

Usage notes: used to express great surprise that something could happen or exist

See also: world

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So you must try to be contented with making your name boyish, and playing brother to us girls," said Beth, stroking the rough head with a hand that all the dish washing and dusting in the world could not make ungentle in its touch. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context All about in the world were the truths and they were all beautiful. Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context In fact, he showed more of the Pyncheon quality, and had won higher eminence in the world, than any of his race since the time of the original Puritan. House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			in the same league in the scheme of things in the second place in the shadow of in the short run in the short term in the soup in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the swim of things in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in theory in there pitching in these parts in this day and age in this regard in those parts in time in times past in token of in top form in total in touch in touch with in tow in transit in triplicate in trouble in truth in tune in tune with			in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world In the Wild In the Wild in the wilderness in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind In the wind's eye in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the world in the worst way in the worst way in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong In the wrong box in the wrong place in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the year of grace in the year of grace in the year of grace in the year of grace In the year of our Lord In the year of our Lord In the year of our Lord 1 In the year of our Lord 1 In the Year of the Jubilee in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone In Theatre

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