marooned
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Rosmarin and the other passengers were marooned on board with "seriously ill" travellers as the cruise ship searched for a port that would accept them.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Nguyen is struggling to piece together the logic that led to his client being marooned in a country where he had no ties.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Having been marooned at the back, Sauber became more respectable performers, and their veteran German driver Nico Hulkenberg even finally scored a podium after 16 years of trying in last year's British Grand Prix.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
The fallout has been personal and immediate: holidays canceled, families unable to bring medicine to aging relatives, and cash-strapped Venezuelans marooned abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Ms. Faraci deserved better than to be marooned on such a lonely planet.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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