as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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The film, a sci-fi survival story about a robot that’s marooned on an uninhabited island, will roll out in North America and several other international territories on Sept. 27.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Sep. 2024
The marooning challenge consists of pairs of tribemates having to go under a muddy net and get some giant puzzle pieces that will build a podium.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
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.
—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
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Sep. 2024
The marooning challenge consists of pairs of tribemates having to go under a muddy net and get some giant puzzle pieces that will build a podium.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
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.
—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
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However, when left upright, they can be worn under wider pants.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Jan. 2025
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When Wiles left for Las Vegas for a couple days — along with inner circle dwellers Chris LaCivita, Taylor Budowich, Tony Fabrizio and James Blair — people nudged Trump into selecting several hires.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Last April, 174 people were stranded for up to 23 hours when a pod on a cable car line in southern Turkey hit a pole and burst open for unknown reasons, killing one and injuring seven.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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Dakota Fanning takes the lead as Mina, who becomes stranded in an Irish forest where the supernatural and psychological collide.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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His street was deserted — everyone had fled — but there was no sign of firefighters.—
Jonathan Wolfe,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Even on Waterman Road, where for long stretches the landscape is so deserted the Sierra Nevada are in view, someone taking the garbage cans inside after a family dinner isn’t safe from Sacramento’s hit-and-run epidemic.—
Ryan Lillis,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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