as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz was also still in limbo.
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ABC News, 1 June 2026
Freedom 250 shows in limbo 🤔 Martina McBride.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 1 June 2026
As the upcoming Freedom 250 concert series hangs in limbo due to multiple artists pulling out, John Oliver is taking shots at the fallout.
—Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
While funding for the project remains in limbo, city leaders on Tuesday revealed the most details yet about their plans.
—Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
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ABC News, 1 June 2026
Freedom 250 shows in limbo 🤔 Martina McBride.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 1 June 2026
As the upcoming Freedom 250 concert series hangs in limbo due to multiple artists pulling out, John Oliver is taking shots at the fallout.
—Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
While funding for the project remains in limbo, city leaders on Tuesday revealed the most details yet about their plans.
—Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbo
Noun
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But how can artists break out of this pop star purgatory?—
Brittany Luse,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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And the Mass, in its very Catholic nature, is really focused on … repose for the departed, to bring their souls from purgatory to heaven in the afterlife.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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Our bombs turned the city into a burning inferno and killed countless civilians.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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