stranded
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Buyers are now unwilling to pay peak prices at higher borrowing rates, leaving those funds stranded past their typical lifespans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The play begins in a non-intimate mode, with Ru stranded on the shoulder of the freeway waiting for AAA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
"Without the ability to study these stranded animals over decades, we never would have discovered these bacteria. Every whale tells a story, and sometimes that story leads us into entirely new scientific territory."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Root was left stranded when England lost their last four wickets for 30 runs, leaving India a target that was never likely to be enough.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
I could tell the river was receding from its rainy-season flood by its peculiar rank smell and all the driftwood stranded along its banks.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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