limbo

Amira and her child remain in Darfur - and therefore in administrative limbo.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Barring a miracle, those unaccounted for have also died, leaving the families still searching for their loved ones underneath the rubble in a desperate limbo.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

But limbo is better than canceled, which is more likely to happen if the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

Some offloaded their claims before the Supreme Court struck down global tariffs this year to escape the limbo of when or if any money would arrive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

She was around for a few months, and as she had appeared, out of limbo, so she disappeared into nothingness.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

The four teams have a cumulative winning percentage of .284, which easily limbos under the all-time low-mark of .344 set by the NFC West in 2008.

From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2020

Beyond censorship issues, very few prints tend to be struck in the first place and independent low-budget productions are often plagued by copyright limbos and distribution problems.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2018

Rendered in English, Spanish, sign language and gobbledygook, the dialogue and lyrics of “Runaways” are the universal vernacular of people trapped in that most painful of limbos, the period between childhood and adulthood.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2016

In several images, key figures are “spot-lit” while their companions occupy gray limbos.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2016

Their names will be found in such limbos of the dead as Griswold's "Poets and Poetry of America" and Poe's "Literati."

From The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters by Bliss Perry