limbo
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"So we are in a kind of limbo."
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
For several weeks, as more than 1,000 ships have been stranded in limbo and unable to pass through the strait, a few have managed to slip through by paying Iran a toll.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
That means the case now shifts to an appeals court, a process that could take months or even years and leave the Fed in limbo.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
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
They made their own limbo and held me in it.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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