as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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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.
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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
But hundreds of thousands of people are still marooned in tents and other makeshift shelters worn out by months of use as the fighting raged last year.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Together, the team and family uncover a secret hidden from the world for decades on the island where they have been marooned.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
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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
But hundreds of thousands of people are still marooned in tents and other makeshift shelters worn out by months of use as the fighting raged last year.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Together, the team and family uncover a secret hidden from the world for decades on the island where they have been marooned.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
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Prosecutors accused Read of striking O’Keefe with her SUV then leaving him to die in the snow.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Visas for Pakistani citizens were limited, many Pakistanis were given a deadline to leave the country, diplomatic ties were downgraded, a land border between the two was shut down, and Pakistani military advisers were expelled from the New Delhi mission.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2025
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Other West Coast marine mammal stranding facilities -- which rescue and rehabilitate marine animals -- have reported seeing the same.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Mets stranded two in the sixth, but didn’t miss in the seventh.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Banks call credit union bill ‘bad policy’ The North Carolina Bankers Association trade group opposes the bill and scoffs at the idea that banks have deserted communities.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Apr. 2025
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Leadership In The Clean Energy Transition Business leaders can accelerate the transformation of energy deserts to energy hubs by prioritizing investments in alternative energy infrastructure through strategic partnerships with emerging clean energy innovators.—
Whitaker Irvin Jr.,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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