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dead in the water

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dead in the water
without any chance for success. I guess our plans for summer vacation are dead in the water.
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The only time the wind speed and direction will be "true" is when the boat is dead in the water (with no current running).
Techno talk by Husick, Chuck / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
Insiders were calling that idea dead in the water a scant few weeks after it was proposed and even the Republican U.
No child's guessing game by D'Orio, Wayne / District Administration
meaningful federal ocean management reform is effectively dead in the water, at least for now.
The new frontier: zoning rules to protect marine resources by Hendrick, Daniel / E
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