dead end

Example Sentences

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The fact that Vance and his team weren’t ready even to stay over one night suggests either that they were very naive or that they knew the trip was a dead end.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

"Everyone is also coming to the conclusion that we're heading into a dead end," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Trying to reach a hypnotist who she believes has the missing piece of the puzzle she’s found herself caught up in, Lilian hits a dead end.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

He has been telling anyone who asks that he thinks large language models, or LLMs, are a dead end in the pursuit of computers that can truly outthink humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

But he worried that his routine voyages might, in fact, be a dead end.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong