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Recent Examples of no-win
Channel your emotions and energy into self-improvements and gains that benefit you instead of drama and emotional disputes that put you in a no-win situation.
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Avoid discussions that can lead to a no-win situation.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
An emotional argument will turn into a no-win situation.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
Distance yourself from no-win situations and head in a productive direction.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Avoid discussions that can lead to a no-win situation.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
An emotional argument will turn into a no-win situation.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
Distance yourself from no-win situations and head in a productive direction.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-win
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One of Spider-Man's core combat mechanics is reacting to flashes of his spider-sense, and lag renders that impossible.Matt Kamen, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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The upshot: slicing and dicing all of the above into discrete vehicles is impossible until Tesla actually announces the products.Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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That doesn’t mean Trump's opponents are facing a hopeless task.Gunther Peck / Made by History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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As Queenie, navigating empty relationships and professional disappointments on a journey from self-sabotage to self-worth, Brown makes a whole person from a variety of attitudes — hopeful, hopeless, hungover, exuberant, fretful, thoughtful.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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Against Leicester, Liverpool’s back-post setup was rendered pointless as Alexander-Arnold, in particular, regularly failed to clear the first defender.Andy Jones, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Eberhart von Franz quickly comes to understand this, as does Ellen; the two conspire to distract Thomas on a pointless quest to kill the Count.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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The bottom line is that in an industry driven by innovation, some of the biggest costs come in the form of lost opportunities.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Mayfield’s interception and a lost fumble by Rachaad White helped the Chargers build a 17-10 lead.Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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Disengagement from an unattainable goal is not a sign of failure, but a sophisticated form of adaptive behavior.Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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No standard-issue heartthrob, Law began his career as a veritable emblem of intimidating, unattainable, sometimes self-sabotaging male beauty.Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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The collapse of the energy giant cost thousands of workers their jobs, while millions of investors saw their shares become worthless.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Investors in a risky pool of Credit Suisse bonds got crushed when Switzerland’s financial regulator ruled the notes were worthless in the wake of the failing bank’s emergency takeover by rival UBS Group AG.Bloomberg, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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“No-win.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-win. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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