castaway
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The Seahawks were paced by a brilliant performance by quarterback Sam Darnold, a Jets castaway who rebuilt himself in Minnesota before landing in Seattle this past offseason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
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 ● Sep. 27, 2025
Years later when a shred of aircraft aluminum and the rubber heel from a woman’s shoe were found on an island 400 miles from Earhart’s destination, she was imagined to have been a castaway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Mr. Graham converted the Canadian pavilion into a wooden-walled space suggesting a Robinson Crusoe-style castaway hut.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Shirley followed a few steps behind her, pretending to kick a castaway can whenever the American turned to glance her way.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Smart castaways might establish startups that end up competing with the big tech companies, a headache a large workforce helps protect against.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Time magazine featured Lewis-Dougherty on its late June 2000 cover, and “The Late Show With David Letterman” featured a “Survivor”-themed Top 10 list presented by the show’s 16 castaways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
In some cases, people are just set off on their own to a deserted island to cosplay as castaways.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2024
This show, 46 seasons in and still going strong, returns with the host Jeff Probst and 18 castaways who are headed to Fiji to compete and survive.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Sørlle gaped in astonishment at the three ragged castaways, and then turned his head away and wept.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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