for heaven's sake
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She went on to praise Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop empire as “quite an interesting body of businesses” and added, “She’s admired. She won an Oscar, for heaven’s sake, as an actress! She’s pretty powerful.”
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025
She lives in New York, for heaven’s sake, the city that invented anger management issues.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
"I'm not going to get angry about that, but for heaven's sake, could the FA have not just, you know... explained?"
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024
He's behind former Vice President Mike Pence in polls, for heaven's sake.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2023
And why, for heaven's sake, were all the other witches gazing at her with such a mixture of adoration, awe and fear?
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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