dead-end road

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  • The GPS led us down a dead-end road, and we had to turn around.
  • They live on a quiet dead-end road with very little traffic.
  • A sign clearly indicated that it was a dead-end road.
  • The developers plan to extend the dead-end road to connect to the main highway.
  • He realized he was on a dead-end road when the paved surface suddenly stopped.
  • Children often play safely on this dead-end road because there are no through cars.
  • Metaphorically, pursuing that strategy is leading the company down a dead-end road.
  • His research felt like a dead-end road, with no new discoveries in sight.
  • The political negotiations seemed to have reached a dead-end road.
  • She warned him that his current destructive lifestyle was a dead-end road.