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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Moreover, several of these plants emit over 20 Mt per year, with no end in sight. Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026 Without the right debt relief strategy, however, borrowers will continue to see their balances grow – and their debt compound – with no end in sight. Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026 Richard Sher’s panel of Chris Kennedy, Adam Wood, Darlene Kennedy and Nicolee Ambrose dig deep on the ice, snow and record low temperatures with no end in sight. Bill Wachsberger, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2026 For the third time in nearly as many months, thousands of Kaiser Permanente professionals are on strike in the Bay Area — this time with no end in sight to the work stoppage at California’s largest health provider. Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026 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 23 Feb. 2026.

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