stranded

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The characters may get bounced around a bit and some will feel stranded, but you’ll know you’ve been taken somewhere new by this charming indie.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Rescuers plan to use air cushions in the latest attempt to free a humpback whale that has been stranded off Germany's northern coast for weeks.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Emerging economies are likely to be “harder hit by shortages of fuel, fertilisers and other goods stranded in the Persian Gulf because they cannot out-bid advanced economies,” CBA says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

However, liquefied natural gas tankers “remain at a standstill, with vessels stranded on both sides of the strait and operators still awaiting clearer security guarantees before re-entering the route,” Kpler added External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

In 1915, a British crew of twenty-eight men was stranded there, with no ship and no way to contact the outside world.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong