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Recent Examples of castaways
Other castaways struggled with how to present themselves on screen while playing this game of cons and elimination.
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Shaan Merchant, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
One guy simply voted for his fellow castaways in alphabetical order.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
With Piggy as the ideas man, thinking through issues like sanitation and proposing a signal fire to aid rescue efforts, Ralph uses his constituents’ goodwill to implement an ad-hoc social democracy that cares for even the youngest and weakest castaways.
—Judy Berman, Time, 4 May 2026
The potential for a redemption arc could make the castaways’ fight for the title even more intense and memorable.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2026
Carving out a little lane of their own is ØWay, a supergroup of castaways big enough to fill every position on a baseball field.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
First, Jeff Probst competed alongside the group of castaways.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Adapted for television by Adolescence co-creator, Emmy winner Jack Thorne, in Lord of the Flies, innocence descends into savagery when a group of English schoolboys becomes desert island castaways.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
Each group would later attend a tribal council and vote out the eighth, ninth, and tenth castaways.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Shaan Merchant, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
One guy simply voted for his fellow castaways in alphabetical order.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
With Piggy as the ideas man, thinking through issues like sanitation and proposing a signal fire to aid rescue efforts, Ralph uses his constituents’ goodwill to implement an ad-hoc social democracy that cares for even the youngest and weakest castaways.
—Judy Berman, Time, 4 May 2026
The potential for a redemption arc could make the castaways’ fight for the title even more intense and memorable.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2026
Carving out a little lane of their own is ØWay, a supergroup of castaways big enough to fill every position on a baseball field.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
First, Jeff Probst competed alongside the group of castaways.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Adapted for television by Adolescence co-creator, Emmy winner Jack Thorne, in Lord of the Flies, innocence descends into savagery when a group of English schoolboys becomes desert island castaways.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
Each group would later attend a tribal council and vote out the eighth, ninth, and tenth castaways.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castaways
Noun
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The musical is also narrated by Damian and Janis, the school outcasts who Cady befriends on her first day.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
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Sam has teamed up with a pair of sibling vampire hunters known as the Frog Brothers (Miguel Gil and Jennifer Duka), and together these outcasts band together to take on the bad guys.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Today, there are hundreds of rejects packed in wood cabinets and cardboard boxes.—
Steve Hartman,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 1976, Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch, two Cuban exiles, planned the bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner near Barbados that killed all 73 people aboard.—
Kevin A. Young,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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The failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, launched by Cuban exiles with CIA backing, became both a defining trauma and a lasting symbol of unfinished struggle.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
Noun
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For decades, West Africa’s largest secondhand market had thrived on the global North’s castoffs, yet a growing deluge of fast fashion and its ultra-fast successors had turned Accra into the world’s clothing graveyard.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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While other expansion franchises have historically chased high-volume shooters to sell jerseys to casual fans, general manager Ohemaa Nyanin built a roster from spare parts and castoffs and told them to go break things.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Noun
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These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Traditionally, scientists and doctors who have questioned vaccine safety, and even the benefits of vaccines, have quickly become pariahs.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Castaways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castaways. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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