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limbo

[lim-boh] / ˈlɪm boʊ /


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In the days that followed, Sheeran’s other opening acts dropped out of his tour, leaving his remaining dates in limbo and egg all over his face.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

And that means any hiccups with filing or returns could result in refunds ending up in administrative limbo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Anthony Douglas said years of waiting had been "torture" for his son and his family as they remained in "limbo" over his future.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

For the immediate problem — an MRI I need, with my insurance coverage in limbo — is there a smarter move than either paying cash or waiting for an insurer?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

I started thinking I’d died in the storm, and this was some weird limbo where you didn’t care what happened to you.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

The four teams have a cumulative winning percentage of .284, which easily limbos under the all-time low-mark of .344 set by the NFC West in 2008.

From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2020

Beyond censorship issues, very few prints tend to be struck in the first place and independent low-budget productions are often plagued by copyright limbos and distribution problems.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2018

In several images, key figures are “spot-lit” while their companions occupy gray limbos.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2016

The adventure set up in Telltale's original Game of Thrones continues in the difficult, if slow-moving, Lost Lords, where players must survive drunk limbos with Tyrion and lend an ear to Asher Forrester.

From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2015

The wooing of Merope by Polyphontes is not so much preposterous as insignificant, though Voltaire, by a touch of modernism, has rescued it or half-rescued it from this most terrible of limbos.

From Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury




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