marooned

Example Sentences

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In the 2015 sci-fi film "The Martian," Matt Damon stars as an astronaut who survives on a diet of potatoes cultivated in human feces while marooned on the Red Planet.

From Reuters

Among those marooned at camps next to checkpoints in recent days were people from Congo, Senegal, Afghanistan, China and other nations, though Venezuelans appeared to be the largest single group.

From Los Angeles Times

The navy ship was deliberately marooned on the shoal in 1999 and now serves as a fragile symbol of Manila’s territorial claim to the atoll.

From Seattle Times

I bolted from the Bolt, marooned several blocks away from my destination shortly before 10 p.m.

From Seattle Times

Tulare Lake water: The Island District, a tight-knit, rural Central California community, could soon be marooned by rising rivers or flooded out, The Associated Press reports.

From New York Times