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Meanings of dead ends in English

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Usage of dead ends in English
1
Follow-up investigations over the next four months all led to dead ends.
My Life, My Tapes
2
A few dead ends from closed bulkhead doors cost them some time.
Smoke and Shadow
3
This was the last stop after a long evening of dead ends.
Witch blood
4
Detective Ochoa had met with similar dead ends on the aviation front.
Raging Heat
5
There were a lot of dead ends, but there was progress too.
The economist
6
After many dead ends, he finally reached the 89-year-old Allen by phone.
Ebony
7
The Mexican public has grown accustomed to false starts and dead ends.
Reuters
8
It's a rabbit warren in there, lot of dead ends and one-ways.
Monday Mourning
9
Even so, I ran into countless dead ends, cave-ins, and tight squeezes.
Honour's Knight
10
Jennie's only chance was to bring home breakthroughs, not dead ends.
The President's Assassin
11
There were hairpin curves and dead ends all the way along.
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
12
Part of the process will be hitting dead ends, he added.
Reuters
13
Rhatigan and his task-force have encountered only dead ends in their long investigation.
The new yorker
14
In trying to get published you will experience rejections, nonreplies and dead ends.
The Irish Times
15
Nash has hit multiple dead ends in getting a new ID.
Reuters
16
On two occasions he hit dead ends and had to backtrack.
The hunchback assignments
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common