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March 25th, 2003
DEAD-ENDERS
Persons lacking opportunities, or lacking an exit.
Usage: Coverage of press briefing at the U.S. Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was responding to questions regarding actions being taken by Iraqi soldiers allegedly posing as U.S. soldiers and killing other Iraqi soldiers who try to surrender.
Source: Derived from the general definition of "dead-end."

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