as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
For just a few days, the special teams unit was in real limbo in Westwood.
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Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, the 49ers are in a deeply peculiar state of limbo.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
As long as tariffs remain in Supreme Court limbo, there aren’t any signals that things will get better.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
The project was thrust into limbo last year with Mayor Andre Dickens’ announcement pulling his support, but the work continued amid the public debate over whether to change course and in the absence of the formal vote needed by MARTA’s board of directors to officially stop.
—Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 20 Jan. 2026
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Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, the 49ers are in a deeply peculiar state of limbo.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
As long as tariffs remain in Supreme Court limbo, there aren’t any signals that things will get better.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
The project was thrust into limbo last year with Mayor Andre Dickens’ announcement pulling his support, but the work continued amid the public debate over whether to change course and in the absence of the formal vote needed by MARTA’s board of directors to officially stop.
—Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbo
Noun
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Though Miami has made the playoffs every year this decade, and gone to two Finals in the past six years, fan exasperation stems from a team (with historically high standards and achievement) remaining in play-in purgatory for what’s headed toward a fourth consecutive season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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This last group remained in a sort of custodial purgatory, until a judge decided their fates in the Los Angeles County dependency case.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Donnie orders all of the women out and begins to throw Molotov cocktails to trap the men, who die in a blazing inferno.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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More than 230 firefighters and paramedics were dispatched as the inferno grew into a four-alarm fire.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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