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Recent Examples of in the lurch
The bigger question is how long this standoff can continue, leaving consumers in the lurch during one of the busiest times of the year for sports.
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Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
The disagreement leaves patients like Kuhn in the lurch.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
However, if a flood actually occurs in one of these cases, homes without flood insurance may be left in the lurch.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
There are economic reasons for governments to invest more in after-school programs so that fewer families are left in the lurch.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
The disagreement leaves patients like Kuhn in the lurch.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
However, if a flood actually occurs in one of these cases, homes without flood insurance may be left in the lurch.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
There are economic reasons for governments to invest more in after-school programs so that fewer families are left in the lurch.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for in the lurch
Adjective
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The human brain is highly susceptible to often unproductive mind-wandering, and modern technology has only made the problem worse.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
7 Jan. 2026
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Common Pests and Diseases Like all plants, hoyas can be susceptible to pests and diseases.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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With the expiration of TPS, these individuals are left completely unprotected and face the possibility of being detained or deported.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their stewardship has kept deforestation rates in Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Amazon up to 83% lower than in unprotected areas globally.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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If an entrance hole is too large, smaller nesting birds will be vulnerable to predators and invasive species, including house sparrows, larger birds of prey, squirrels, snakes and even cats, which Hamlin says are birds’ top predators.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Jan. 2026
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People who have weakened immune systems or existing lung and heart disease are most vulnerable to cardiac complications from the flu.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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People eventually outgrow the helpless-baby stage.—
Anna Louie Sussman,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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Without money and without a means to earn it, women are helpless to determine the course of their own lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Mark Collins, who was born and raised in Newfoundland, Canada, said Canadians have long treasured their friendship with the United States and the fact that the US-Canada border is the longest undefended border on the planet.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 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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“In the lurch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in%20the%20lurch. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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