limbo

Example Sentences

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I’ve never once taken it for granted, especially as friends and family members have lived for decades in a terrible limbo over their legal status.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Litigation and pressure from the industry and lawmakers delayed for decades the creation of the bulks list, leaving compounders in limbo on scores of substances, not just peptides.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

But that investment remains in limbo due to a title dispute, according to Virtus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

But six months on from that ceasefire agreement, Gaza's future is uncertain, stuck in a fractured limbo between war and peace.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

As we awaited our departure date, we continued to live in our temporary circumstances, in limbo.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana