futility
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Back and forth they went in their futility.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
As a goal, it almost seems reasonable, which makes it all the funnier that it takes on an air of Beckettian futility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Meanwhile. the Indiana Pacers matched a franchise record for futility with their 12th straight defeat, falling 135-127 to the Magic in Orlando.
From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026
“The frantic futility of constantly searching for a new place,” he wrote his longtime friend, Johnny Dark, “a new life, a new partner. As though change itself were some kind of elixir.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The horse’s campaign became a road show of athletic futility.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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