as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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On Monday, the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said around 100,000 people were marooned in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun without medical or food supplies.
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
In this excerpt on the birth of Survivor, Nussbaum goes back to the moments before the 16 original castaways were marooned off the sides of a ship in the South China Sea, left to row toward a beach where their game — and the production of the show — had already begun.
—Emily Nussbaum, Vulture, 5 July 2024
Faced with the possibility of being marooned on the lunar surface for eternity — and just hours away from scheduled liftoff — the two men let NASA engineers try and solve the problem and took a five-hour nap.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Casey Stengel or Walt Alston in their primes couldn’t have kept these Rox, runts in a division of Giants both literal (San Francisco) and figurative (Los Angeles, San Diego), from being marooned in the NL West basement.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2024
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
In this excerpt on the birth of Survivor, Nussbaum goes back to the moments before the 16 original castaways were marooned off the sides of a ship in the South China Sea, left to row toward a beach where their game — and the production of the show — had already begun.
—Emily Nussbaum, Vulture, 5 July 2024
Faced with the possibility of being marooned on the lunar surface for eternity — and just hours away from scheduled liftoff — the two men let NASA engineers try and solve the problem and took a five-hour nap.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Casey Stengel or Walt Alston in their primes couldn’t have kept these Rox, runts in a division of Giants both literal (San Francisco) and figurative (Los Angeles, San Diego), from being marooned in the NL West basement.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2024
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This technique gives patients results that look natural, offers a speedier recovery, and leaves fewer scars.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Bruce found his bloody arrow, then left the area and walked to a barn to wait for his dad before tracking the deer.Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2024
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Four contestants remain after a season of group and individual challenges determining who can survive while stranded on an island in Fiji.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
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Set thousands of years in the future, Intergalactic puts players into the role of Jordan A. Mun, a dangerous bounty hunter who ends up stranded on Sempiria – a distant planet whose communication with the outside universe went dark hundreds of years ago.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Some of the islands are deserted; some have glorious white beaches, and some active volcanoes.Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors initiated 60,000 cases against soldiers who deserted their posts in 2024—almost double the number from 2022 and 2023.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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