limbo
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For Catriona, the daily roller coaster of coping with the death of her husband has been worsened by the legal limbo she now finds herself in.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
"With diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the Middle East conflict in limbo, fresh uncertainty has flooded in," she added.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
They were told they hadn’t provided the proper paperwork, leaving Lyon’s funds, worth $1.2 million at his death, in a state of limbo.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The ruling comes after about two weeks of legal limbo around how the medication can be accessed.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
I imagined all the frogs Stan and I had paid for, beneath the ice, motionless bumps on a muddy bottom, more dead than alive, hanging in a cold, dark limbo until next spring.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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