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He seemed hell-bent on coming out, making his statement.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2010] Reference

It is because Pakistan's enemies are hell-bent on destroying you.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2009] Reference

The e-mails reveal a couple hell-bent on getting into this dinner.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2009] Reference

So are Italian authorities hell-bent on framing a pretty, young American girl?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2009] Reference

He just had a lot of hatred in him and he was hell-bent on committing this act.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2009] Reference

When we got around to going the following year, Annie was hell-bent on revenge.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the Rose Festival] Reference

They pulled our troops out because they were so hell-bent on getting into Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 21, 2007] Reference

However, the environmental costs of China's hell-bent development have been severe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where China's Rivers Run Dry] Reference

Why is the Aruban government so hell-bent on closing this case without a resolution?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2009] Reference

Not only are they hell-bent on self-destruction, they're taking America down with them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Five Financial Pornographers] Reference

And the Iranians are hell-bent on a nuclear weapons programs, they're not going to stop it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2009] Reference

The man is hell-bent on the acquisition of nuclear weapons, is on a disarmament commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2007] Reference

But enough politicians on Capitol Hill are hell-bent on it to stall our chances at recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Karen Dolan: Tattered Safety Net Still Keeps Millions From Poverty; Fix the Holes, Save Millions More] Reference

Now, I ` ve been telling you for months that Iran is hell-bent on getting nuclear capability.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2007] Reference

But. we were so hell-bent on this idea of a central government reaching out and doing it our way.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2007] Reference

Many officials say it's largely because the Muslim community here is hell-bent on keeping it away.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2007] Reference

Rowe will get visitation rights, but why are both sides so hell-bent on saying it ` s not a money deal?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2009] Reference

Sarah Palin seems hell-bent on ruining the English language while glorifying her own functional illiteracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Heymont: Machiavelli Is in the House] Reference

If the majority is hell-bent on ignoring the wishes of the American people, they have 60 votes in the Senate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2009] Reference

Your party has been hijacked by a wide load in a baseball cap who ` s hell-bent on Castro-inspired socialism.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 11, 2007] Reference

But it certainly suggests that we are not up against a monolithic Iranian nation, hell-bent on nuclear weaponry.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2009] Reference

She kept smiling like a used car salesperson hell-bent on unloading a YUGO that had only been through the one flood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barry Crimmins: Sickened Ire] Reference

PATRICK KENNEDY (D), RHODE ISLAND: I don't know why the other side is so hell-bent on protecting insurance companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2009] Reference

This exposé of the coterie of rightwing scientists hell-bent on destroying the cause of environmentalism is outstanding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M Conway] Reference

MAX HOLLAND, HISTORIAN: It shows you that just a few days before he announced his withdrawal, he was hell-bent on staying in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 2, 2008] Reference

Our constitutional rights are slipping away, and our government seems to be hell-bent on ushering in the Great Depression Deux.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2008] Reference

Well, it probably doesn ` t help that so many in the region consider him a warmonger, hell-bent on establishing Israeli dominance.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2008] Reference

Pro-amnesty senators appear hell-bent on ignoring the whether of the American people and ramming that legislation through the Senate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2007] Reference

Republicans say it shows the Democrats are hell-bent on politicizing the issue of Iraq, of Iraq intelligence gathered before the war.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2003] Reference

There were only a couple of thousand teams of heavily armed Iranian troops hell-bent on learning how to kill infidels more efficiently.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2006] Reference

Our in-house easy rider is, believe it or not, John Roberts, and he has insights into why bikers seem hell-bent on taking such a big risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2006] Reference