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Recent Examples of no-win
The reality is that caregiving will frequently put you in no-win situations where no easy answer exists.
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Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Iger, 74, who once wanted to run for president against Trump, is in a no-win situation with Kimmel on one side, Trump on the other, and Disney’s reputation at stake.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Employees are caught in a no-win situation, pressured to adopt AI tools yet reluctant to admit it.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
That's putting inflationary pressure and leaving the Fed in a no-win situation.
—NBC news, 31 Aug. 2025
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Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Iger, 74, who once wanted to run for president against Trump, is in a no-win situation with Kimmel on one side, Trump on the other, and Disney’s reputation at stake.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Employees are caught in a no-win situation, pressured to adopt AI tools yet reluctant to admit it.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
That's putting inflationary pressure and leaving the Fed in a no-win situation.
—NBC news, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-win
Adjective
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What had been absurdly labeled impossible suddenly was proven to be very doable.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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In a sense, the quark-gluon plasma seems impossible.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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From what looked like a hopeless position just a few weeks ago, the subscribers are now off the bottom of the table and gearing up for a potential title challenge.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The negotiations with Iran are pointless.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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That’s more pointless pain for families who have tried to follow the law but are now living in fear.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Pine could also be characterized as a lost boy trying to find a center.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Darnold’s 20 turnovers, including six lost fumbles, led the NFL in the regular season.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Her central booking agent is now EYOS, an expedition agency that organizes the sublime and the unattainable for a billionaire elite, from heliskiing in Greenland to longlining from a chopper into virgin Colombian jungle.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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The structural complexity of these single-atom-thick cylinders was previously believed to be unattainable through spontaneous natural phenomena.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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Life itself being worthless, all things with it, that feed it, are worthless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Yonquenide wouldn’t discuss any of it, not even the monthly hyperinflation of some 20% to 30% that made his small income almost worthless.—
Maeva Bambuck,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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“No-win.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-win. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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