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Recent Examples of no-win
Advertisement This information landscape presents a no-win choice between submission and solipsism: not caring what’s true, or insisting that nothing is.
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Nadav Ziv, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The reality is that caregiving will frequently put you in no-win situations where no easy answer exists.
—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
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Nadav Ziv, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The reality is that caregiving will frequently put you in no-win situations where no easy answer exists.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-win
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Nicolaysen and other attorneys had argued at trial the stalking charge was impossible to prove since the federal penal code requires a defendant to engage in a pattern of behavior to be guilty of the crime.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Seen at Loewe, Tory Burch, and Saint Laurent, shield sunglasses are meant to arm you from the (still elusive) sun’s rays with an impossible aura of cool.—
Talia Abbas,
Vogue,
28 Feb. 2026
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In a more simplistic story, Derya and Aziz’s efforts to find a good private school for their daughter would come off as a hopeless bourgeois indulgence.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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The result has been a bloodbath in the state of Sinaloa, with thousands killed, thousands more missing and the violence reaching such heights that the Mexican government looks hopeless, if not hapless.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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If no one ever does, a youth academy is pointless.—
Philipp Lahm,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement Then there’s the controversy sparked by celebrity podcasters Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, who dismissed Crockett's Senate bid as pointless.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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In Minneapolis alone, the city government now estimates 76,000 residents – or about 20% of the city’s population – have urgent needs in terms of lost wages, food insecurity and an inability to make rent, among other things.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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This memoir is surprisingly open about why that might be, framing the politician as a lost soul always searching for a stable identity.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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People who would never be caught dead swilling neon fizz from a camouflage can were suddenly consuming a drink that was materially the same, but was being sold by exploiting a different set of unattainable aspirations, using a different vocabulary.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
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Beyond this collection, Palmer also has a broader commitment to making wellness feel accessible, rather than aspirational or unattainable.—
Casey DelBasso,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Otherwise, the cease-fire would feel worthless to many Ukrainians, merely giving Russia a chance to prepare for another invasion.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 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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“No-win.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-win. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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