no end in sight

idiom

used to say that the point at which something will be finished is not known
There is no end in sight to this heat wave.
Prices continue to go up with no end in sight.

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Zach LaVine is expected to return to the lineup when the Kings visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday at Target Center in Minneapolis, but Sacramento’s injury woes continue with no end in sight. Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 14 Dec. 2025 There is no end in sight for this pattern -- this is a classic La Nina pattern, and this is a La Nina winter. Max Golembo, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2025 As the days go by, tensions with the police grow and there’s no end in sight to the strike. John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025 There is no end in sight to the whirling growth of homeowners insurance costs, with premiums expected to increase by 8 percent in 2026 and another 8 percent in 2027, according to estimates shared by John Rogers, chief data and analytics officer at real estate analytics firm Cotality. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no end in sight

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“No end in sight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20end%20in%20sight. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.

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