as in leaving
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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Recent Examples of marooning
Even as the contestants arrive to begin the season, an important rowing portion of today's marooning challenge remains up in the air due to tumultuous swells.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
Its winds, rain and storm surge damaged tens of thousands of homes, as well as hospitals and roads, marooning entire communities and leaving countless people with no electricity and in need of safe shelter.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Hina won the marooning challenge, which led to Uli sending Rizo and Kele sending Alex to compete in another challenge for supplies.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
Its winds, rain and storm surge damaged tens of thousands of homes, as well as hospitals and roads, marooning entire communities and leaving countless people with no electricity and in need of safe shelter.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Hina won the marooning challenge, which led to Uli sending Rizo and Kele sending Alex to compete in another challenge for supplies.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marooning
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This new dating trend is leaving people baffled and heartbroken.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Next, lift, don’t pour, the produce out of the bowl, leaving the dirt at the bottom.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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The border has been closed for months, disrupting trade and transportation and stranding thousands of people.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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Aside from four solo homers, the Twins missed on multiple chances, finishing 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position and stranding 11 men on base.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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The move suggests a broader shift in Tehran, where a new generation of leaders is increasingly abandoning the cautious, reactive approach that long defined the Islamic Republic’s strategy towards its adversaries.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
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These networks are viewed with less enthusiasm in the age of streaming, because more consumers are abandoning their cable subscriptions in favor of streaming services.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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The post drew tens of thousands of responses, mostly from users trauma-dumping their hardships.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Leonard previously pleaded guilty to abandonment of a corpse for dumping the boy’s body in Bates County, Missouri, and was sentenced to four years, though the new case records have not been made available on the Kansas Judicial Branch public database.—
Ian Cummings,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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“Marooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marooning. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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