no-win situation

Example Sentences

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The end result: Renters get caught in something of a no-win situation.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 4, 2025

That stance has increasingly left Mr. Biden in a no-win situation.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2024

Some teachers told BBC News they worried whatever they did would "not only be criticised but publicly vilified" and, while schools needed clarity, it was a "no-win" situation.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

You talk about the awful, no-win situation we often find ourselves in at work.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2023

It was a no-win situation for the 13 women who had passed the same testing as the men of the Mercury 7.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson