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what in the world



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Idioms and Phrases

see under on earth .
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Carter, a Southern Baptist Sunday-school teacher, replied that, yes, he was “born again,” thereby sending a legion of journalists from outside the Bible belt to their Rolodexes to figure out what in the world he was talking about.

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I was like, "What in the world?"

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Although she said that she understood that the Sheriff’s Department is dealing with bigger issues, and that the deputies who used a cat for target practice aren’t representative of the department as a whole, she remains troubled by the shooters: “If they treat a little animal with such disrespect, what in the world are they doing with people?”

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So what in the world of conceivable interventions could John Roberts, the institutionalist, take?

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“And I was like, ‘What in the world is going on?’

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