| 2026-07-03 | Like a nonstarter, for short |
| 2026-04-30 | ___ good turn |
| 2026-02-22 | Hopeless from the start, for short |
| 2025-06-05 | Doomed from the get-go, for short |
| 2024-09-01 | Not viable from the start, for short |
| 2024-07-09 | Doomed from the start, for short |
| 2024-01-18 | Doomed to fail, for short |
| 2023-12-23 | Like a proposal in Congress that has zero chance of passing, in brief |
| 2020-04-14 | Doomed from the start, for short |
| 2020-03-29 | Hopeless from the start, slangily |
| 2020-01-31 | Doomed from the start, informally |
| 2019-08-04 | Doomed to fail, for short |
| 2017-08-24 | ___ one-eighty |
| 2017-07-23 | ___ one-eighty |
| 2017-04-09 | Going nowhere, metaphorically |
| 2016-12-12 | ___ good deed |
| 2015-09-08 | ___ good deed |
| 2015-08-28 | ___ good job |
| 2015-08-20 | 1950 film noir starring Edmond O'Brien |
| 2015-04-01 | ___ double take |
| 2015-03-16 | ___ good job |
| 2015-03-05 | Having no chance for success, as a proposal, for short |
| 2014-07-21 | ___ number on |
| 2014-05-28 | ___ good deed |
| 2013-05-20 | ___ good deed |
| 2013-01-20 | Dennis Quaid remake of a 1950 film noir |
| 2012-05-13 | Tragic E.R. status |
| 2012-03-18 | 1950 film in which Frank Bigelow investigates his own murder |
| 2011-12-25 | ___ good turn |
| 2011-08-26 | E.R. status |
| 2010-12-17 | 1950 film noir |
| 2010-07-18 | 1950 noir film |
| 2010-06-17 | ___ favor |
| 2009-07-21 | 1988 Dennis Quaid/Meg Ryan movie |
| 2009-01-17 | 1950 film that opens with a man reporting his own murder |
| 2008-03-14 | Regrettable E.R. status |
| 2008-02-27 | Beyond paramedic aid, in brief |
| 2007-07-10 | ___ one-eighty |
| 2007-07-08 | ___ good turn |
| 2006-10-31 | 1950 film noir classic |
| 2006-10-20 | Beyond medical help, for short |
| 2006-09-07 | E.R. status |
| 2006-06-20 | ___ good deed |
| 2006-05-20 | 1988 Meg Ryan thriller |
| 2006-03-02 | Hosp. designation |
| 2005-04-14 | ___ 180 |
| 2005-01-02 | ___ good deed |
| 2004-09-08 | 1988 Meg Ryan film |
| 2004-06-27 | ___ 180 |
| 2004-06-10 | Classic 1950 film noir |
| 2004-02-27 | Unhelpable in the E.R., maybe |
| 2004-02-04 | ___ favor |
| 2003-05-19 | ___ double-take |
| 2002-08-26 | ___ double take |
| 2001-10-21 | 1988 Dennis Quaid film |
| 2001-09-21 | Beyond paramedic help |
| 2001-05-23 | Too late for the E.R. |
| 2001-05-02 | ___ good deed |
| 2001-03-07 | 1950 noir classic |
| 2000-12-17 | Coroner's abbr. |
| 2000-10-29 | Like some trauma patients |
| 2000-05-20 | 1988 Meg Ryan film |
| 2000-04-02 | 1949 film classic |
| 2000-02-06 | E.R. pronouncement |
| 1999-12-23 | 1950 film noir classic |
| 1999-08-08 | ___ good turn |
| 1999-05-01 | 1949 film noir classic |
| 1999-02-04 | 1988 Meg Ryan film |
| 1999-02-01 | ___ good turn |
| 1998-12-30 | ___ number on |
| 1998-12-22 | ___ 180 (turn around, in slang) |
| 1998-11-07 | 1950 film noir |
| 1998-08-02 | Edmond O'Brien film noir, 1950 |
| 1998-07-02 | 1950 film noir thriller |
| 1998-04-17 | 1988 Meg Ryan film |
| 1997-09-20 | 1950 film noir classic |
| 1997-05-27 | 1988 Dennis Quaid remake |
| 1997-04-12 | 1950 film noir classic |
| 1997-02-17 | ___ number on (mess up) |
| 1996-12-05 | E.R. letters |
| 1996-08-07 | ___ good deed |
| 1995-09-17 | Edmond O'Brien classic |
| 1995-08-31 | ____ good turn |
| 1995-08-06 | _____ stretch (serve time) |
| 1995-03-21 | _____ good turn |
| 1994-10-03 | _____ good turn (help) |
| 1994-07-02 | 1949 Edmond O'Brien movie |
| 1994-06-09 | _____ good turn |