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limbo

[lim-boh] / ˈlɪm boʊ /


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After eight months in limbo, the outcome was worth the wait for Brian Madjo.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

But limbo is better than canceled, which is more likely to happen if the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Now, for the claims stuck in limbo, a similar calculus is playing out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

And we should continue to fight for immigrants who remain in legal limbo, afraid for their lives more than ever.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

So many of my people today are languishing in refugee camps, belonging to no country, always in limbo.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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

Rendered in English, Spanish, sign language and gobbledygook, the dialogue and lyrics of “Runaways” are the universal vernacular of people trapped in that most painful of limbos, the period between childhood and adulthood.

From New York Times Jul. 7, 2016

In several images, key figures are “spot-lit” while their companions occupy gray limbos.

From Seattle Times Jun. 14, 2016

The wooing of Merope by Polyphontes is not so much preposterous as insignificant, though Voltaire, by a touch of modernism, has rescued it or half-rescued it from this most terrible of limbos.

From Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury




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