as in to end
to come to an end
after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended
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as in high road
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Recent Examples of dead-end
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
With nothing holding her down but a dead-end job and an aging dad, a small-town Texan girl is swiftly bedazzled by a smooth criminal drifter, and hops into his car to pursue a life less ordinary.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 June 2026
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
In my search for information, Kroll’s hotline felt like a dead end.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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Verb
According to the home’s actual dimensions, the doorway (which didn’t exist when the family moved in) should dead-end to an external wall; instead, when Navidson opens the door, there’s a narrow hallway nearly ten feet long inside.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
With nothing holding her down but a dead-end job and an aging dad, a small-town Texan girl is swiftly bedazzled by a smooth criminal drifter, and hops into his car to pursue a life less ordinary.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 June 2026
Noun
Dietary monotony, evolutionarily speaking, is a dead end.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
In my search for information, Kroll’s hotline felt like a dead end.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead-end
Verb
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Kylee and Aven left Bachelor in Paradise in a relationship but without an engagement, though their romance ended shortly after the season finale aired.
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The dismissal of the arson charge does not end the criminal case against Hobby.
Noun
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In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive to Lick Mill Boulevard.
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Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.
Noun
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Perhaps every story in which the characters are fundamentally unable to change their lives is subject to this same dilemma.
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Casa Amor, as a concept, is traditionally structured like a prisoner’s dilemma, with neither the main villa nor Casa Islanders aware of what their counterparts are doing while they’re separated.
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Chisholm scored on Jose Caballero's RBI groundout in the fourth inning before hitting a two-run homer in the sixth as New York ended a three-game losing streak and stopped Detroit's four-game winning streak.
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Disneyland officials said a cast member immediately stopped the ride.
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As the episode begins to draw to a close, Paula starts to get her groove back.
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Wednesday’s announcement appeared to draw to a close a sweeping manhunt that stretched days.
Noun
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The story begins with the historic building designed by Edward Durrell Stone in the 1960s as the World Trade Center, with a cruciform plan that nodded to the four corners of the compass and New Orleans’ place as a center of international commerce.
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Anthony Elanga puts up a contender for the goal of the tournament with a rocket from the corner of the box into the left side of the net to bring this one back even at one goal apiece in the 62nd minute.
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Allowed Trump to turn back asylum-seekers at the southern border and to immediately halt temporary protection from deportation for Syrians and Haitians.
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Riff questioned Hochman on Thursday about what legal grounds a judge had to halt a payout that the five county supervisors wanted to move forward despite the fraud allegations that first came to light in October.
Noun
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There was another car on the opposite side of the road with major front-end damage.
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From California politics to safety concerns on Sacramento roads, here’s a quick digest of some of the top stories for June 23, 2026.
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“Dead-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead-end. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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