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Recent Examples of in the lurch
Investors in the consumer staples sector have been grappling with a string of abrupt departures of senior executives, leaving the outlook for their stocks in the lurch.
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Chloe Taylor,ganesh Rao, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
During the transition, some customers have been left in the lurch.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
About a month before BALLS was set to debut its first performance, however, the actor playing the Professor dropped out, leaving the entire production in the lurch.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Take your pick, but Paul Mitchell’s hasty exit as sporting director has left the club exposed and in the lurch.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
For rural Americans, the stakes in finding profitable ways to expand remote work are about something far more fundamental—access to today’s job market that otherwise seems sure to leave them even further in the lurch.
—Mona Mourshed, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Chloe Taylor,ganesh Rao, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
During the transition, some customers have been left in the lurch.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
About a month before BALLS was set to debut its first performance, however, the actor playing the Professor dropped out, leaving the entire production in the lurch.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Take your pick, but Paul Mitchell’s hasty exit as sporting director has left the club exposed and in the lurch.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
For rural Americans, the stakes in finding profitable ways to expand remote work are about something far more fundamental—access to today’s job market that otherwise seems sure to leave them even further in the lurch.
—Mona Mourshed, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for in the lurch
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The largest member of the grass family, bamboo is combustible, susceptible to deterioration and weaker in rain, raising legitimate questions about its durability, Arup’s Ho said.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Those are straightforward power rushes designed to contain mobile quarterbacks rather than spamming exotic pressure looks that could leave the defensive line susceptible to holes.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The growing costs to buy and maintain a car –exacerbated by inflation and tariffs –are leading to rising auto loan defaults and repossessions and a potential crisis for American consumers left unprotected by the federal government, according to a new report by a consumer advocacy organization.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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No little boy or girl should feel unsafe or unprotected while changing in school.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Crops such as rice and soybeans are also vulnerable as excessive UV-B can reduce yields and threaten food security.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement This granular knowledge and deep curiosity is also what drives Speer’s long-standing dedication to protecting the vast, vulnerable open ocean and deep-sea environments that lie outside of national borders and hold some of the largest reservoirs of biodiversity on earth.—
Bonnie Tsui,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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And wasn’t the world hard enough, without having to care for helpless children too?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the midst of feeling helpless, Kate said an idea took shape to commemorate the victims.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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The border between the two countries is the longest undefended one in the world.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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The buses usually took the Peace Bridge to cross the world’s longest undefended border, slowing to 30 mph over the Niagara River before pulling into the U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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“In the lurch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in%20the%20lurch. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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