dead end

Beneath the supernatural grotesqueries, Mr. King reflects on the mundane horrors—insularity, seediness and dead ends—of American small-town life.

"The negotiation with the United States is in fact a pure dead end," Aragchi added.

But despite police saying the case is at a dead end, Sarm's friends and family say they will keep trying to find out what happened.

The verdict, though, might not be a dead end for Bolsonaro.

She said it felt like "the blind leading the blind" with several doctors unable to advise her and she had reached a dead end.