dead end
Example Sentences
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Plenty of plans allow one and not the other, which is a dead end.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
A bill that would have allowed California insurers to track motorists driving habits in exchange for potentially lower rates has come to a dead end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nanos said Thursday that DNA testing had so far hit a dead end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Despite the promising findings, the research reached a dead end because scientists could not determine the molecules' exact three dimensional structures.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
He skids along the maze, looking which way to go, and we laugh when he gets himself in a dead end.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
