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
Verb
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Soon after leaving school, the organization Fighting Words changed that for me.—
Via Riverhead,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Rather than leave existing clients in the lurch, Lee allowed IDW to essentially inherit those accounts, allowing the fledgling business to become profitable within its first year of operation.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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And with the loss, the Dodgers (29-19) fell half a game back of the Padres (29-18), after squandering two separate opportunities with speedy Hyeseong Kim standing on third base with two out, and stranding men on first and second in the ninth.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Liquid helium has to travel in cryogenic ISO containers that boil off after 35 to 48 days, and industry reporting said roughly 200 of those containers were stranded near the Strait of Hormuz.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Verb
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As those commitments are abandoned, there’s a financial price to pay, including more than $9 billion of write-downs for Honda, which made its first operating loss in the company’s history.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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Famously, many migration projects end up in some sort of failure—behind schedule, over budget, incomplete or abandoned.—
Thomas Berndorfer,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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For the San Diego County deserts west winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts 45 to 55 mph, locally up to 60 near the mountain foothills.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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Succulents are native to desert climates, which can be very hot during the day, and very cold at night.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
12 May 2026
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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