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The 23 senators present donned maroon velvet robes Monday and swore to "do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws of the Philippines" at the trial.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Osmand broke away to score seconds before the end, two team-mates running in his slipstream with every man in maroon up the other end.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

One by one, the maroon waves started washing towards the away end at Easter Road.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

Locals played extras and dressed in Welch High School’s maroon and white for a 1970s-era football game at Vic Nystrom Stadium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Celaena kept her hands pressed against the maroon bodice, trying not to wring them.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

That maroons 100 chatty senators - including four Democrats in the heat of a nomination fight - for the serious constitutional business of the impeachment trial, for hours at a time.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 21, 2020

The sinking of a yacht maroons a wealthy businessman and his beautiful wife on an island with a former servant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019

Then stripes in yellows and greens and whites and maroons began to emerge as sunlight bathed the landscape.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2018

Maybe it’s the generic newness of the place, which was built a little over five years ago — all browns and maroons and sea foam green.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2018

The village was run by maroons whom the British had been unable to defeat.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

His universally acclaimed “Summer of Soul” dropped in June 2021, offering deep refreshment to thirsty concertgoers marooned in a barren season for live music.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

In a post on Truth Social, the US president said many of the marooned ships "were running low on food", but offered few details on how the mission would work.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

Having been marooned at the back, Sauber became more respectable performers, and their veteran German driver Nico Hulkenberg even finally scored a podium after 16 years of trying in last year's British Grand Prix.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

When the seasoned diplomat found himself in the midst of a hazardous voyage in 1784, he might well have compared himself to the marooned Robinson Crusoe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

I am alone on an island, marooned, somewhere above where this note will be found, God willing.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Fifteenth-century sailors shared stories of ships that had become ensnared in the algae, marooning their crews at sea.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2023

This time a van's clutch has stopped working, marooning them in the central reservation of the busy motorway.

From BBC ● May 1, 2023

The lack of open nursing home beds is marooning some patients in hospitals for weeks while social workers seek placements.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023

Debris flows and swollen creeks blocked roads and highways, marooning hundreds of people for hours and, in some cases, days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

This little trick of marooning us on a fatal orbit in space.

From Before Egypt by Jarvis, E. K.