no-win situation
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"They have got themselves into this no-win situation where Bashir's now become sort of unselectable and that's not a good thing," former England spinner Phil Tufnell told the Test Match Special podcast.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
The end result: Renters get caught in something of a no-win situation.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
These tactics deeply annoyed Burns, and they also created a no-win situation for him.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
But in a sense, Fincher was saddled with a no-win situation.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
I felt like I was in a no-win situation, but the battle would have been much harder to wage if I hadn't had my closest girlfriends in the trenches with me.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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