stranded
Example Sentences
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It’s what he might have done if stranded in Los Angeles on the week of his death, or what he would have joined us to do, and had, while alive.
From Los Angeles Times
Three people in Aberdeenshire had to be rescued from their stranded vehicles by firefighters.
From BBC
Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi's pacey documentary tells the real life story of the rescue of Pakistani schoolboys stranded hundreds of feet above a Himalayan valley in a rusting cable car when wires snap.
From Barron's
But he alleged that his son remained stranded for hours because they did not have the resources to pull him out.
From BBC
The wicketkeeper batter was left stranded on 93, but his knock proved the glue that held Sri Lanka's innings together after the top order wobbled against England's spin.
From Barron's
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