as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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Recent Examples of maroon
Together, the team and family uncover a secret hidden from the world for decades on the island where they have been marooned.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Star Trek meets Shakespeare in this tale of a spaceship captain marooned on a desert planet who
orchestrates a series of events to confront the crew who betrayed him.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
Watch them below: To make matters worse for Jan and his clones, this exoplanet they’re marooned on is not exactly the most hospitable in the galaxy due to its proximity to a massive radiation-emitting sun.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Feels like she has been marooned on an island far from all the fun parts of the show.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Star Trek meets Shakespeare in this tale of a spaceship captain marooned on a desert planet who
orchestrates a series of events to confront the crew who betrayed him.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
Watch them below: To make matters worse for Jan and his clones, this exoplanet they’re marooned on is not exactly the most hospitable in the galaxy due to its proximity to a massive radiation-emitting sun.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Feels like she has been marooned on an island far from all the fun parts of the show.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maroon
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Nobody wants to be seen by voters as the cause of a shutdown that will leave many federal workers without pay and some services closed.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The photographs show how the wearable had swelled leaving no gap between his finger and the ring.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The next morning, five dolphins spotted elsewhere in Wellfleet were also stranded.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
25 Sep. 2025
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While stranded, they were abducted by six men, who robbed the group and drove them around for hours before tying them up and fleeing.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Travis Decker, the man believed to have suffocated and abandoned his three young daughters at a campsite in the Washington state wilderness, is dead, Chelan County authorities said Thursday.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Gulf states are hedging against Israeli overreach—not abandoning America.—
Firas Maksad,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Ironman races are held in locations around the world, from coastal cities to desert landscapes.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The second and third matches are due to be played on Friday and Sunday, but the luck of the Irish may desert them with those grey skies in Dublin.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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