stranded
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In 25 years of flying, Ian Nixon had never faced anything like the crash that left him and ten passengers stranded for hours in the Atlantic Ocean, waiting to be rescued off Florida's east coast.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Hundreds of mountaineers and their guides have been stranded for the past few weeks at the Everest Base Camp in Nepal after a huge chunk of ice blocked their only viable route.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The strain extends to the seafarers' families at home, worried about their stranded loved ones -- or in the worst cases, bereaved.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
In the sixth inning, Kyle Hurt stranded two runners on base to complete a scoreless inning and lower his earned-run average to 0.90.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
This was the length of time the poor sailor in the book was stranded on the island, which, understandably, he came to call the Island of Despair.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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