as in landed
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water
stranded whales often die because their bodies overheat on the hot sand
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as in left
to cause to remain behind
he just drove off, stranding her in some dinky town with just a few bucks and the clothes she was wearing
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Recent Examples of stranded
Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Reuters — Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as unusually heavy precipitation including rain pummeled the Himalayas.
—CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Riders faced lengthy travel times or were even stranded on their daily commute.
—Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
The resarcher's study, which involved 20 common bottlenose dolphins stranded in the Indian River Lagoon in eastern Florida during the summer cyanobacterial bloom season, identfied markers of Alzheimer's disease.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Detroit's offense, meanwhile, went 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position and stranded a postseason franchise-record 15 runners on base.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The show tests a group of castaways as they are stranded on the islands of Fiji.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
The next morning, five dolphins spotted elsewhere in Wellfleet were also stranded.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
While living in Barcelona for four months, a man on a bike snatched my phone right out of my hand, leaving me stranded without a way to contact anyone.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Reuters — Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as unusually heavy precipitation including rain pummeled the Himalayas.
—CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Riders faced lengthy travel times or were even stranded on their daily commute.
—Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
The resarcher's study, which involved 20 common bottlenose dolphins stranded in the Indian River Lagoon in eastern Florida during the summer cyanobacterial bloom season, identfied markers of Alzheimer's disease.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Detroit's offense, meanwhile, went 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position and stranded a postseason franchise-record 15 runners on base.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The show tests a group of castaways as they are stranded on the islands of Fiji.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
The next morning, five dolphins spotted elsewhere in Wellfleet were also stranded.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranded
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Marriages among the landed and propertied involved legally binding settlements drawn up by lawyers (with no obligation to confidentiality).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Elordi plays Heathcliff, the romantic anti-hero who is discovered on the streets before being taken in by a wealthy member of Britain’s landed gentry, only to fall in love with their daughter.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Atlanta Braves Speaking of injuries, the fragile nature of the human body really wrecked Brian Snitker’s swan song.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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America will be watching Monday night’s early game, perhaps in much the same way traffic can’t help but slow to watch two cars that have just wrecked.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lee describes the show as both cosmic and grounded.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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And this show is so grounded and gritty.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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During a heavy storm, a Reddit user from Mumbai, India, found a cat abandoned outside a shop with her kittens—and the same cat is now the head of their household.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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That theory was strengthened when a grainy surveillance video seemed to capture the family of four crossing the border on the same day their car was abandoned.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Stranded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranded. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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