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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The island was turned into a purgatory for slaves before they were sold.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Christina believed she was released from the afterlife to pray for the souls in purgatory .
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In stark contrast to such kindness and understanding was my purgatory at work.
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McCree suffered in an employment purgatory .
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On some, the soul in purgatory peeps from a bowl of flame.
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She landed on the altar and spoke of her journey through heaven, hell, purgatory , and back.
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The idea of being marooned at Balmoral for months on end is her vision of purgatory .
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This was purgatory , worse than anything she'd faced in her life.