no end in sight

idiom

—used to say that the point at which something will be finished is not known

There is no end in sight to this heat wave.

Prices continue to go up with no end in sight.

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The Israel-Hamas war has raged on with no end in sight, even after Israel reached a cease-fire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah and attention shifted to the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad. —

Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024 Seventy years ago, approximately half of American adults smoked cigarettes and this continued for decades with no end in sight. —

Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 7 Nov. 2024 The last several years have been really trying for HR professionals, and there’s no end in sight for the change. —

Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024 Since that time, Boeing has reported more than $33 billion in core operating losses, and there is no end in sight to the red ink. —

Chris Isidore, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for no end in sight

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