stranded
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Emerging economies are likely to be “harder hit by shortages of fuel, fertilisers and other goods stranded in the Persian Gulf because they cannot out-bid advanced economies,” CBA says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
In 2009, Universal Pictures adapted “Land of the Lost” into a $100-million box-office flop about the tales of a family stranded in a dinosaur-ridden jungle.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
They compared these records with necropsy data from stranded whales.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Chloe and George Sanchez, from Essex, were due to marry at Brighton register office but found themselves stranded on the seafront after struggling to book transport.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Two fishermen turned up in a dugout canoe and informed us the ferry was stranded with no power.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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