dead end , also: no outlet

The last thing she wanted was to go the wrong way and run into a dead end.

New York may provide a way out of the dead end.

They were at a dead end in the case, had been almost from the beginning.

As before, she soon found herself at a dead end.

He also gave me a hard time if I took too long to find a way out of a dead end.

If it comes to a dead end, then so do we.

Well, he had expected that to be a dead end.

Both went far enough so that she could not tell which was a dead end.

Having come this far, I seemed to be at a dead end.

Another dead end, but at least a little had been learned.