no-win situation

noun as in a situation destined for failure

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But in a sense, Fincher was saddled with a no-win situation.

When I brought up the Central Park Zoo, and he said, “They were definitely in a no-win situation,” he might have been speaking about zoos in general.

He’s voting for Trump, after supporting President Biden four years ago and Trump in 2016, but calls this year’s election “a no-win situation.”

With Harris as the Democratic nominee, however, Trump is caught in a no-win situation.

Deanna Martinez, a Moses Lake City Council member who chairs the mainstream group, called the presidential election “personally, a no-win situation.”

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