limbo
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For the immediate problem — an MRI I need, with my insurance coverage in limbo — is there a smarter move than either paying cash or waiting for an insurer?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Thousands of people’s lives will remain in limbo after months of fighting to get back on their feet,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
This scheme may not yet be in effect, but it leaves many states in a sort of limbo, including some that are meant to send out ballots as soon as this week.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
L3Harris shares might be stuck in some kind of limbo until the company provides a clear line of sight on its missile-business spinoff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I struggled out of the compost heap and over the last wall, dangled in limbo as the third chime bonged, then dropped onto the drive that runs down the side of Mr. Rhydd's shop.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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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
Their names will be found in such limbos of the dead as Griswold's "Poets and Poetry of America" and Poe's "Literati."
From The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters by Bliss Perry
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