dead end

Example Sentences

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If the supply of schools doesn’t keep pace, tens of thousands of families will face the same dead end Florida families did—scholarships in hand but nowhere to spend them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

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

Gonzalez said labor organizations are often told to “work it out” with businesses but argued this was a dead end.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

After traveling through miles of tunnels, the rat and the robot came to a dead end.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown