no-win situation

Example Sentences

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"They have got themselves into this no-win situation where Bashir's now become sort of unselectable and that's not a good thing," former England spinner Phil Tufnell told the Test Match Special podcast.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

The end result: Renters get caught in something of a no-win situation.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 4, 2025

You talk about the awful, no-win situation we often find ourselves in at work.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2023

Nearly everyone The Times interviewed said Mr. Mayorkas was in a no-win situation.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

I felt like I was in a no-win situation, but the battle would have been much harder to wage if I hadn't had my closest girlfriends in the trenches with me.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi