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cast away





ADJECTIVE
shipwrecked
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Unconfirmed reports emerged of soldiers casting away their uniforms and running off in civilian clothing.

From Los Angeles Times

The act also says anyone who “shamefully casts away his arms, ammunition, tools, or equipment or misbehaves in such manner as to show cowardice in the presence of the enemy” faces the same penalty.

From Seattle Times

It’s an issue of confidence, with Emily Mann directing her cast away from Williams’s assured dialogue and toward their characters’ flailing.

From New York Times

They will share which eight recordings, book and luxury item they would take with them if they were cast away on a desert island.

From BBC

The sense is that Sophia has been banished or cast away.

From New York Times