as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
sailors marooned on a desert island
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The film, a sci-fi survival story about a robot that’s marooned on an uninhabited island, will roll out in North America and several other international territories on Sept. 27.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Sep. 2024
The marooning challenge consists of pairs of tribemates having to go under a muddy net and get some giant puzzle pieces that will build a podium.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
On Monday, the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said around 100,000 people were marooned in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun without medical or food supplies.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
In this excerpt on the birth of Survivor, Nussbaum goes back to the moments before the 16 original castaways were marooned off the sides of a ship in the South China Sea, left to row toward a beach where their game — and the production of the show — had already begun.
—Emily Nussbaum, Vulture, 5 July 2024
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Sep. 2024
The marooning challenge consists of pairs of tribemates having to go under a muddy net and get some giant puzzle pieces that will build a podium.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
On Monday, the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said around 100,000 people were marooned in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun without medical or food supplies.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
In this excerpt on the birth of Survivor, Nussbaum goes back to the moments before the 16 original castaways were marooned off the sides of a ship in the South China Sea, left to row toward a beach where their game — and the production of the show — had already begun.
—Emily Nussbaum, Vulture, 5 July 2024
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Decades of a focus on development, especially in rural areas, has left the U.S. ill prepared for the challenges presented by climate change.—
Johnathan K Williams / Made by History,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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The organization had strict policies in place, but the lack of proper training and infrastructure left gaps.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA TODAY,
30 Jan. 2025
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Amazon has rapidly built up its own logistics empire since a 2013 holiday fiasco left its packages stranded in the hands of outside carriers.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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That leaves the ever-talented Gladstone seemingly stranded in a screenplay that fails to give her enough of a character — a cardinal sin from which the movie never recovers.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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His street was deserted — everyone had fled — but there was no sign of firefighters.—
Jonathan Wolfe,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Even on Waterman Road, where for long stretches the landscape is so deserted the Sierra Nevada are in view, someone taking the garbage cans inside after a family dinner isn’t safe from Sacramento’s hit-and-run epidemic.—
Ryan Lillis,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maroon. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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