limbo
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Sir Geoffrey blamed a "directionless bureaucracy" for leaving asylum seekers either "in limbo, or lost".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The race was effectively in limbo as Harris, one of the state’s most high-profile politicians, weighed whether to enter.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
The state of limbo cuts across income levels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Now stocks are entering a limbo period—the gap between the end of one earnings season and the beginning of the next.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Between the other vendors—totally beaten and ailing itinerants whose names are something like Buddy, Pal, Sport, Top, Buck, and Ace—and my customers, I am apparently trapped in a limbo of lost souls.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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