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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impassenoun

    a street with only one way in or out

  2. blind alleynoun

    (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement

    "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley"

Wiktionary

  1. blind alleynoun

    A street that leads nowhere.

Wikipedia

  1. Blind Alley

    "Blind Alley" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the March 1945 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, and later included in the collection The Early Asimov (1972). Although the story postulates a race of intelligent non-humans, it is set in the Foundation universe, during the era of Trantor's Galactic Empire.

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  1. blind alley

    A blind alley is a path or course of action that leads nowhere or offers no prospects of progress or success. It may also refer to a narrow street or passage closed at one end.

Wikidata

  1. Blind Alley

    "Blind Alley" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the March 1945 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, and later included in the collection The Early Asimov. Although the story postulates a race of intelligent non-humans, it is set in the Foundation universe, during the era of Trantor's Galactic Empire.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of blind alley in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of blind alley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of blind alley in a Sentence

  1. Erik Pevernagie:

    The past becomes our second personality. It is our intrinsic safety code, irrespective of a potential love-hate relationship. It may become our guardian angel and protect us from a bleak blind alley, since it knows that “we” know and we know the colors of its cards. Experience is a tough master and knows the tricks of the trade. It teaches us how to play. ( " Not without the past" )

  2. Gunther Krichbaum:

    We are talking with Britain and I love Britain and want to keep talking to them, But when the rhetoric is driving you at 100 miles per hour up a blind alley, you have to realize that you won't be able to turn round at the end of the blind alley.

  3. Gunther Krichbaum:

    I love Britain and want to keep talking to them, But when the rhetoric is driving you at 100 miles per hour up a blind alley, you have to realize that you won't be able to turn round at the end of the blind alley.

  4. Premier Rachel Notley:

    Ignoring climate change is a blind alley for both the energy business, and for the province of Alberta.


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