stranded
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Chaos ensued: passengers told the BBC they were stranded on platforms for hours, with some having to book hotels for the night.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
That they regularly got so many runners on is a good thing; leaving so many of them stranded isn’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
He said many of them were ending up "stranded" in Djibouti.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
The collapse of the Bashar al-Assad government in December 2024 had stranded thousands of Iraqis, mostly women and children, in a camp in Syria’s northeast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Being stranded on top of a tall pillar surrounded by hundreds of bats made him a little uncomfortable.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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