catch-22
Example Sentences
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The catch-22 is that while stem cell transplants can prevent this failure, the usual preparative chemotherapy or radiation can cause severe complications or even cancer.
From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025
It’s kind of a catch-22 because we’re so exhausted and tired that, what do we do?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
The inquest heard he had extensive contact with mental health services but Judge Coroner Sir Adrian Fulford said he had been "caught in a catch-22" with no continuity of care.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024
But they had a sort of a catch-22.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023
As a result of the Armstrong decision, defendants who suspect racial bias on the part of prosecutors are trapped in a classic catch-22.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
