get nowhere

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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

Mr Dyer said he would even consider flying Hosein to the farm "if we get nowhere by midweek".

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

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

Thinking he would get nowhere without business courses, he was surprised when a recruiter called him for an interview.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

In space, there is nothing to push backward; you can paddle all you want, but you’ll get nowhere.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife