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strand

noun as in fine thread

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He stranded the two runners he inherited in the first with back-to-back strikeouts.

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Soon we were stringing letters together, bead by bead on little strands, to make words.

They won a game in which they stranded 11 runners.

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They worry that a potential glut of global LNG starting in two years could leave U.S. plants underused and molecules stranded at home, which would tank prices.

For many nature enthusiasts, few scenes are as distressing as finding a stranded whale or dolphin lying helpless on the beach.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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