as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
Federal layoffs have plunged thousands of Maryland workers into career limbo.
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Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2025
The deportees, who no longer appear in ICE's online system and have not seen a judge in El Salvador, are effectively in legal limbo.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
But that news did not end the professional limbo that has defined Garcia’s life for over a month.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
City mayors, business executives and nonprofit leaders across the country shared examples of projects and jobs put in limbo when EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin ordered a freeze last month on bank accounts holding money Congress had approved for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2025
The deportees, who no longer appear in ICE's online system and have not seen a judge in El Salvador, are effectively in legal limbo.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
But that news did not end the professional limbo that has defined Garcia’s life for over a month.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
City mayors, business executives and nonprofit leaders across the country shared examples of projects and jobs put in limbo when EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin ordered a freeze last month on bank accounts holding money Congress had approved for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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