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Recent Examples of marooned
David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
On Thursday, officials in Jamaica deployed emergency crews to help clear roads and drop food and supplies into marooned communities.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Time, 12 May 2026
Prior to the launch of Sunday Ticket in 1994, a Colts fan marooned in Gotham would have no recourse but to head out to a sports bar.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026
The oldest sleeper carriage on the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express, Sleeping Car 3309 was famously marooned in a snow drift sixty miles from Istanbul in 1929.
—Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2026
Thinking of my mother marooned in her house was dismaying to me.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
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.
—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
Adjective
That’s the epiphany of a marooned American astronaut who thinks he’s been rescued by kindly Martians, only to realize he’s been installed as the newest exhibit in their zoo.
—David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
On Thursday, officials in Jamaica deployed emergency crews to help clear roads and drop food and supplies into marooned communities.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
As a white male who inhabited a once homogeneous town, Harry feels marooned, marginalized by the social and racial turmoil of the late 1960s.
—Time, 12 May 2026
Prior to the launch of Sunday Ticket in 1994, a Colts fan marooned in Gotham would have no recourse but to head out to a sports bar.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026
The oldest sleeper carriage on the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express, Sleeping Car 3309 was famously marooned in a snow drift sixty miles from Istanbul in 1929.
—Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2026
Thinking of my mother marooned in her house was dismaying to me.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marooned
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Born on May 13, 1958, in California, Sheets appeared on 163 episodes of Storage Wars between 2010 and 2023, vying with other buyers of abandoned and unopened storage lockers being auctioned.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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The city has been overwhelmed in recent years by an influx of abandoned and stray dogs and puppies.—
Alyce McFadden,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The order stranded them indefinitely, sometimes in life-threatening conditions.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The strait’s closure has stranded tankers and caused energy prices to spike, threatening global economic growth.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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So, in retrospect, [the entire Lightning project] looked pretty feeble.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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His visit also comes as the committee stalls on advancing Casey Means, Kennedy’s nominee for surgeon general, over her lack of medical practice experience and feeble answers on the importance of vaccination.—
Daniel Payne,
STAT,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Hennepin County, Minnesota, prosecutor recently announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who allegedly pulled a gun on unarmed motorists in Minneapolis.—
Edwin C. Yohnka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Legislators passed a law blocking many police overhaul efforts in Memphis that were put in place after the death of Tyre Nichols, an unarmed Black man, at the hands of city police officers in 2023.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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If everything goes to plan — and with no relief from the weather — Flaming Gorge will fall by as much as 27 feet (8 meters) a year from now, leaving Buckboard Marina even more high and dry.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Mel is likely mad at the lawyers running her depositions, and her sister for leaving her high and dry on the Fourth of July.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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 22 May. 2026.
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