castaway

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

But — unless you are a castaway or a sociopath — you have to square those things with the needs of some larger group.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

The findings, reported last week in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, show life’s tenacity, with a variety of castaway creatures treating our trash as their own Noah’s Ark. But it’s not something to celebrate.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

I knew that Miss Maggie was a castaway, too.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

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

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

The story: This Other Eden is a powerful, lyrical story set on an island off Maine, home to a community of freed slaves and other castaways.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023

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