as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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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.
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Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2026
The ship, which was due to head to Spain, was marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde with close to 150 people on board.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Eleven years after making the tsunami film, The Impossible, Bayona set his lens upon this tragedy, where 16 passengers were marooned in the icy embrace of an Andean glacier after a Uruguayan plane accident.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
When a mysterious European ship was found marooned in a nearby village, its English pilot John Blackthorne (Jarvis) shared vital strategic secrets with Toranaga that tipped the scales of power in his favor to win a century-defining civil war.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026
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Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2026
The ship, which was due to head to Spain, was marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde with close to 150 people on board.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Eleven years after making the tsunami film, The Impossible, Bayona set his lens upon this tragedy, where 16 passengers were marooned in the icy embrace of an Andean glacier after a Uruguayan plane accident.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
When a mysterious European ship was found marooned in a nearby village, its English pilot John Blackthorne (Jarvis) shared vital strategic secrets with Toranaga that tipped the scales of power in his favor to win a century-defining civil war.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026
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Several students testified that Anthony was repeatedly asked to leave the Memorial High School tent before the confrontation escalated.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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That would leave the US emergency oil reserve with the least amount of oil since the early 1980s, when the economy was smaller and consumed less energy.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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That included one in his lone true jam of the night in the sixth inning, stranding the bases loaded to keep it a 1-0 deficit.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
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The flooding left some drivers stranded.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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On the internet and in Parsons’s work, the backrooms are primarily business, retail, or other spaces meant for a specific use that, when abandoned, evoke a kind of uncertainty and fear.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
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This doesn't mean artists need to abandon short-form content or playlists.—
Sam Saideman,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Further up Lake Street, there are signs of a slow recovery at the Plaza Mexico, with customers sitting at tables that were deserted during the winter.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Korda managed to keep it together when her swing, which felt so pure in the practice rounds, deserted her in an opening round of 73 that left her seven shots behind.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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