maroon

verb

Definition of maroonnext
as in to leave
to cause to remain behind sailors marooned on a desert island

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Recent Examples of maroon As a white male who inhabited a once homogeneous town, Harry feels marooned, marginalized by the social and racial turmoil of the late 1960s. — Time, 12 May 2026 Prior to the launch of Sunday Ticket in 1994, a Colts fan marooned in Gotham would have no recourse but to head out to a sports bar. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026 Thinking of my mother marooned in her house was dismaying to me. — Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026 The oldest sleeper carriage on the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express, Sleeping Car 3309 was famously marooned in a snow drift sixty miles from Istanbul in 1929. — Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for maroon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maroon
  1. leave
  2. strand
  3. abandon
  4. desert
Verb
  • Still others tend the fleet already in orbit, refueling, relocating, and extending the life of satellites, and clearing the debris that crowded orbits leave behind.
    — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • As a result, more producers have chosen to go elsewhere, leaving a quieter landscape for Georgians seeking employment in film and TV.
    — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of leave
Verb
  • Crow-Armstrong and Alex Bregman reached to start the eighth but were stranded on second and third.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Some pups were weaned early or became underweight, and more than 4,000 young sea lions were found stranded along California beaches during peak years, overwhelming rehabilitation centers.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of strand
Verb
  • In 1984, siblings Ramon, Ricard and Elvira were abandoned in a Barcelona train station with no luggage, no identification and no information about their family.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The government is somewhere in the middle – approving emergency AC units for hospitals while trying not to be seen as abandoning France’s insulation-first approach to heat.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of abandon
Verb
  • Ghulam Ali whipped his head around to see if anyone else was there, but the fields were deserted at this time of day.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
  • And a $208 million Rural Health Transformation award now lets Arkansas confront the maternity care deserts the national conversation overlooks—because when the nearest delivery unit is an hour away, distance itself is a risk factor.
    — John Boozman, Time, 23 June 2026
Definition of desert

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