dead end
Example Sentences
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Plenty of plans allow one and not the other, which is a dead end.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
"The first part is like a tube station, with a dead end and a platform, then from the platform smaller tunnels went at right angles."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Despite the promising findings, the research reached a dead end because scientists could not determine the molecules' exact three dimensional structures.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
ChatGPT had led Alary to a dead end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Or a dead end, if that’s what fate decreed—nothing but a blank, pitiless wall.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
