as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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Lupita Nyong’o leads the movie’s voice cast, playing a robot named Roz, who gets marooned on an uninhabited island and soon develops a bond with an orphaned gosling.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Sep. 2024
In any event, Gata (the yellow tribe) went from worst to first on the marooning challenge and won on the puzzle.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
The movie, a sci-fi survival story about a robot that’s marooned on an uninhabited island, debuts on Sunday night at Toronto Film Festival and may prompt moviegoers to shed a few tears.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
The last hurricane left a 30-foot shrimp boat marooned next door to Allaire’s plot, several hundred feet inland.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Sep. 2024
In any event, Gata (the yellow tribe) went from worst to first on the marooning challenge and won on the puzzle.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
The movie, a sci-fi survival story about a robot that’s marooned on an uninhabited island, debuts on Sunday night at Toronto Film Festival and may prompt moviegoers to shed a few tears.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
The last hurricane left a 30-foot shrimp boat marooned next door to Allaire’s plot, several hundred feet inland.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
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The Lakers were already down several bodies in their frontcourt, with Christian Wood (offseason left knee surgery) and Jarred Vanderbilt (offseason feet surgery) sidelined, leaving two-way center Christian Koloko as the only available big man behind Davis.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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The callers reported seeing a man armed with a gun fleeing a silver sedan that was left disabled in a parking lot, authorities said.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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They were stranded, trying to raise the $350 per adult and $150 per child charged by smugglers to cross the Darién Gap.Tirana Hassan, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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And get stranded with a big band in Europe, and some sucker is gonna come talk to me about sellin’ out.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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In one instance, a man survived a gunshot only due to his pocket watch deflecting the bullet, while another joined the Union army after deserting the Confederacy.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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Boycott, a lesbian party turned iconic bar, marks 20 years in Phoenix In the dark, questions of life in the universe Two hours after sunset, the rim was deserted.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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