purgatory

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The team that spent its first four decades of existence as a punch line and a purgatory has now had 14 consecutive winning seasons with a succession of basketball greats wearing its uniform.

From Los Angeles Times

This purgatory essentially mirrors life: There’s conflict and suffering and if you die again here, you vanish into darkness forever.

From Los Angeles Times

Ultimately, it’s an opportunity that could one day dwarf the auto business—and a chance to escape the purgatory they have been in for decades.

From Barron's

“Ghosts in the Machine” will take us up stairs, around pathways and into now-deserted zoo enclosures as we try to free a spirit from purgatory.

From Los Angeles Times

In a report Monday he said the potential coupling now sits in “deal purgatory.”

From Barron's