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limbo

[lim-boh] / ˈlɪm boʊ /


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Some advised him to head to Belarus, a staunch Russian ally, and then to Armenia, where he would be stuck in legal limbo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But until the results come, the families behind those samples face a painful limbo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The paper says an international clinic filed for insolvency "leaving many in limbo mid-treatment".

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The changes did not stop with Walter’s ownership now in limbo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

He could tell he was out of the nontime limbo because he was hungry again.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

He had wanted me to go to his Adirondack lodge, instead, and resigned me into Mr. Richards' care at the settlement as if he were consigning me reluctantly to one of the Inferno's inner limbos.

From The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew by Gilbert W.


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