castaway

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Fans were given a say in key decisions, voting online to shape production and game mechanics, from choosing tribe colors to requiring castaways to earn rice and supplies instead of receiving them at the start.

From Los Angeles Times

Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” leaves Heathcliff’s racial identity ambiguous, with characters referring to him as a “gipsy brat,” “lascar” and “Spanish castaway” at different points throughout the novel.

From Los Angeles Times

Defoe recounts the castaway’s thoughts, dreams, fears and disappointments, as well as his meeting with the Caribbean native man he calls Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal

“He’s never given up, he’s continued to fight on even though he’s been viewed as a castaway. I’m really happy for him and how he’s handled everything. Now he’s starting in a Super Bowl. LFG!!!”

From Los Angeles Times

The two other prominent theories are that Earhart crash-landed on or near the then-Japanese Marshall Islands, or that she made it to Nikumaroro island near Kiribati and died a castaway there.

From BBC