deserted
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It’s a joke with its own Wikipedia page, one economists tell on economists, about being stuck on a deserted island with a can of food and no way open it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
A school newspaper article described the student center in 2023 as desolate and deserted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Ali spoke of another friend who narrowly escaped death, and another who had deserted.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Rail and bus stations were largely deserted as most state institutions, schools and universities shifted to a four-day working week.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
“Swore they’d deserted from the English navy! Humph! Neither lad had been off soundings till he sailed with me.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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