catch-22

Example Sentences

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“It’s a catch-22 for runners, because that’s also what makes you feel like you’re a part of something,” Mundy said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

How that catch-22 can be resolved is perhaps the biggest test of all.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

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

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