limbo
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“The current system means living in limbo, confined, and often stressed,” Sackett said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Now that mission is in limbo, and, according to the May inspector general’s report, defense leadership “withheld access” to department tools that track the program’s implementation.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
These unresolved issues led to the project remaining in limbo for nearly three years.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Many now remain in hiding in their home countries or have fled to third countries where they wait in limbo."
From Barron's ● Jun. 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
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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
In several images, key figures are “spot-lit” while their companions occupy gray limbos.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2016
The adventure set up in Telltale's original Game of Thrones continues in the difficult, if slow-moving, Lost Lords, where players must survive drunk limbos with Tyrion and lend an ear to Asher Forrester.
From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2015
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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