as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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Recent Examples of maroon
The Hemingway in the piece is a comic figure—self-dramatizing, repetitive, marooned within his own monologues, and sometimes ridiculously affected.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
But hundreds of thousands of people are still marooned in tents and other makeshift shelters worn out by months of use as the fighting raged last year.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Together, the team and family uncover a secret hidden from the world for decades on the island where they have been marooned.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
John Barrymore, Ernst Lubitsch, and Barbara Stanwyck all had damage to their homes, and Frank Capra, the Academy’s president, was marooned in Malibu.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
But hundreds of thousands of people are still marooned in tents and other makeshift shelters worn out by months of use as the fighting raged last year.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Together, the team and family uncover a secret hidden from the world for decades on the island where they have been marooned.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
John Barrymore, Ernst Lubitsch, and Barbara Stanwyck all had damage to their homes, and Frank Capra, the Academy’s president, was marooned in Malibu.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maroon
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Prosecutors accused Read of striking O’Keefe with her SUV then leaving him to die in the snow.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Along the way, they are disappointed to learn that Miami Beach has strict rules for spring breakers and plans to enforce those rules, leaving them disappointed.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Other West Coast marine mammal stranding facilities -- which rescue and rehabilitate marine animals -- have reported seeing the same.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Mets stranded two in the sixth, but didn’t miss in the seventh.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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It was built during World War II to watch for enemy ships before being deserted in 1949, according to Atlas Obscura.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The bees are dying as the workers desert the queen.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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