dead end

Example Sentences

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If Woodward and Bernstein can climb over every wall, turn over every stone and reroute themselves at every dead end, perhaps it’s not too late for some good, old-fashioned salvation.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

The remains of these invisible dead end up in Dolores Cemetery, Mexico's largest, situated in Chapultepec Forest.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

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

Sometimes, the best place you can go is a dead end.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

The road quickly came to a dead end.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick