dead end

Football had been his escape from the favelas of Brazil's Porto Alegre, but now it felt like a dead end.

That would suddenly look like a dead end.

If, at the end of this period, negotiations reached a dead end, Israel would reserve the right to go back to war.

"Therefore I am not surprised at all that they have been losing supporters in recent years... the Democratic Party has already reached a dead end," said Ms Ip, co-convener of Hong Kong's cabinet-like Executive Council.

"Or maybe it will get worse: a dead end."