get nowhere
Example Sentences
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Eventually Mr. Rosolie and his colleagues open up the Las Piedras Biodiversity Station to visitors and take them on multiweek adventures they can get nowhere else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
As I started writing “Revenge,” the reason that I ended up calling you, Brian, was because I could get nowhere in terms of interviews with people.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2023
Exact numbers of victims are hard to come by as investigations often get nowhere, and different studies apply different criteria in counting the dead.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2022
Thinking he would get nowhere without business courses, he was surprised when a recruiter called him for an interview.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
You get nowhere appealing to commonplaces alien to your audience.*
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
