as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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Recent Examples of maroon
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.
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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
Hundreds of travelers were marooned in Nuuk without a place to stay.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
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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
Hundreds of travelers were marooned in Nuuk without a place to stay.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maroon
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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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Kuna fires out, abandoned home burns Smoke poured out of two fires in Kuna on Thursday, said James Trumble, the Kuna Rural Fire District’s assistant chief.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2026
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And then there’s the fact that in the season finale’s final minutes, set in 2020, the Soviet spaceship MAPC-94, abandoned in space after its engines failed decades ago, turns itself on.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Lebanon’s economy began to collapse in 2019, causing salaries to plummet; many enlistees were forced to take second jobs, and others to desert altogether.—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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In the last decade, young audiences coveted by advertisers have deserted late night TV shows for streaming channels.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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