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Prosecutors played soundless footage of him that night, wearing a maroon shirt, dark hat, jeans and Converse shoes, and he was transported back to Utah County and formally booked on 12 September.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The 23 senators present donned maroon velvet robes Monday and swore to "do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws of the Philippines" at the trial.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

The charge of the maroon cavalry was gathering pace.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

In his maroon robes, simple sandals and wide-rimmed spectacles, the Dalai Lama is an unlikely global celebrity.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

The only people in the waiting room besides Doctor Nolan and me were a pallid man in a shabby maroon bathrobe and his accompanying nurse.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The area was once a refuge for escaped slaves known as maroons who fought fiercely against their British captors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

After an expedition to a hostile planet, he unintentionally maroons his fellow explorers, so they have no choice but to set up a colony there.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022

That maroons 100 chatty senators - including four Democrats in the heat of a nomination fight - for the serious constitutional business of the impeachment trial, for hours at a time.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 21, 2020

It's a record that does clever things with its anachronisms: retro-robotic voices collide satisfyingly with free-jazz skronks on Rocket #9, while highlight Forêt Vierge maroons its wobbly analogue synths amid icy, minimalist techno.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2012

She and William saw them at dusk, when “the sky was so very lovely, too, maroons, lavenders, blues.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

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

There’s no denying how completely empty the room is, how alone I am, how marooned.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Fifteenth-century sailors shared stories of ships that had become ensnared in the algae, marooning their crews at sea.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2023

This time a van's clutch has stopped working, marooning them in the central reservation of the busy motorway.

From BBC ● May 1, 2023

The lack of open nursing home beds is marooning some patients in hospitals for weeks while social workers seek placements.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023

Debris flows and swollen creeks blocked roads and highways, marooning hundreds of people for hours and, in some cases, days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

There has been no such marooning since the days of the pirates.

From Last Words by Stephen Crane