limbo
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It was in a state of limbo for months last year as Harris, one of the state’s most high-profile politicians, weighed whether to jump in.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 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
The experts are talking about a "lost generation" as more than one million under-24-year-olds are left in limbo, without a job or a training course that should lead them to one.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Trapped in a medical limbo, she took a nurse friend’s advice and began writing everything down.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
They are depressed because Toronto isn’t the United States without a war on, as they thought it would be, but some limbo they have strayed into by accident and can’t get out of.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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