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limbo

[lim-boh] / ˈlɪm boʊ /


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Now stocks are entering a limbo period—the gap between the end of one earnings season and the beginning of the next.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Now stocks are entering a limbo period—the gap between the end of one earnings season and the beginning of the next.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Trapped in a medical limbo, she took a nurse friend’s advice and began writing everything down.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Throughout, the novel hovers in an uncanny limbo.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“But it’s a mind without any sensory input. It’s like limbo or a dreamworld.”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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