as in stranded
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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Recent Examples of marooned
Mark Johanson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
A lot has happened since — so much that, in the time between being ordered to series and making it to air, an attempt to revive the channel’s heyday has been left marooned by circumstances beyond its control.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Their spaceship, Jupiter 2, crash lands on Priplanus after being damaged, and the crew spends the first season marooned there.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
In response, local tourism companies clashed, generating blockades and halting services that marooned global travelers in Aguas Calientes, the remote gateway town where buses snake through the Andes toward the 15th-century Inca citadel.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
A lot has happened since — so much that, in the time between being ordered to series and making it to air, an attempt to revive the channel’s heyday has been left marooned by circumstances beyond its control.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Their spaceship, Jupiter 2, crash lands on Priplanus after being damaged, and the crew spends the first season marooned there.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marooned
Verb
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In total about 580 hikers, in addition to more than 300 guides, yak herders and other workers who were stranded, have all reached safety, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported.—
Kaijing Xiao,
ABC News,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Tigers stranded six runners in extra innings.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The festival unfolds at a particularly tenuous time for the documentary field, which for the past several years has faced a feeble acquisition market.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cupping was quite popular among feeble white women in North America, and those same marks, Daria knew, were present on her own body, concealed beneath her loose T-shirt.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The film opens with a celebratory raid on an ICE facility to free detainees, and shows government agents coldly executing unarmed suspects and sending an undercover agent into a peaceful protest to throw a Molotov cocktail to justify increased force.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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In a strange and chilling encounter, Batsheva and her daughters come across two unarmed, English-speaking men who urge her to come with them, supposedly for her safety.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But when the government cancels a lease, the landlords are left high and dry.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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After one john stiffs him, leaving him high and dry, he’s offered a ride by Muñeco (Osvaldo Sanchez), who’s a touch more kindly than most of his trucker brethren.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With themes of resilience, victory, and joy as a healing balm, Joy in the Belly of a Riot is a beautiful manifestation of how poetry has the power to heal and help one overcome pain.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Marooned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marooned. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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