marooned
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As she spends more time in the house she develops a sense of responsibility for the boy, who seems helplessly marooned in the haunted space, “trapped like a wasp in a glass bottle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"The senior officers working on the other side, they were all swept away," Tamang, who was airlifted on Thursday after being marooned for more than 24 hours, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
In short: Wilson snuck a 2,700-year-old poem through the gates of mainstream taste — and after that victory, her arrogance left her marooned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
His universally acclaimed “Summer of Soul” dropped in June 2021, offering deep refreshment to thirsty concertgoers marooned in a barren season for live music.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
But as my luck in life seemed only to snowball from there, I thought more about the twenty or so kids who’d been marooned in that classroom, stuck with an uncaring and unmotivated teacher.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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