purgatory
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They feel like suburban purgatory, liminal implying a state in between reality and dream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
For now, counties like Hood remain stuck in purgatory, watching rapid development overwhelm their communities while waiting for state policy to catch up.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Helima Croft: We are in a cease-fire-with-no-oil purgatory.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
This state of purgatory continued for nearly six years.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
The whole time I’ve been in Indiana, which is all my life— the purgatory years, I call them—we’ve apparently lived just eleven miles away from the highest point in the state.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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