as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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But its magic can be isolating, too, by conjuring relationships that don’t exist, and marooning us within a universe where anything is real.
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025
During the opening marooning challenge, viewers saw Kevin Leung injure his shoulder going under a muddy net, but what actually transpired was much more involved than what aired on TV.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The show did a solid job of distilling what was a very long marooning mat chat between host and cast down to a few essential minutes, but there were a few fun moments that did not make the final edit.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The Hemingway in the piece is a comic figure—self-dramatizing, repetitive, marooned within his own monologues, and sometimes ridiculously affected.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025
During the opening marooning challenge, viewers saw Kevin Leung injure his shoulder going under a muddy net, but what actually transpired was much more involved than what aired on TV.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The show did a solid job of distilling what was a very long marooning mat chat between host and cast down to a few essential minutes, but there were a few fun moments that did not make the final edit.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The Hemingway in the piece is a comic figure—self-dramatizing, repetitive, marooned within his own monologues, and sometimes ridiculously affected.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maroon
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They are expected to receive $86 million more in the coming years — potentially leaving more than half of the state's uncapped wells more vulnerable to incidents like the current spill in Garden Island Bay.—
Dan Ruetenik,
CBS News,
5 May 2025
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What’s your take on Maggie leaving Negan to rot for a year?—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
5 May 2025
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This is the same team that took in a wayward seal stranded in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, in February.—
Emilie Ikeda,
NBC news,
1 May 2025
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Tests confirmed high levels of the toxin in a humpback whale that stranded in Huntington Beach in January and in a minke whale that died in Long Beach Harbor in April.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2025
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Some European countries, deserted by the United States and lacking a formidable European-only defense alliance, may be cowed into cutting deals with Moscow.—
Liana Fix,
Foreign Affairs,
1 May 2025
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When this reporter stopped by on a Tuesday afternoon at 5 p.m. several months ago, the bar/restaurant was deserted.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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