stranded
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There are no more “wreckers” scouring the beach for treasures or “charity houses” nestled into the dunes to shelter stranded sailors.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
While Tinsley had struggled to find the zone that inning, she stranded the runners, striking out one batter and eliciting a groundout to short.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
A ball dropping, a defender flailing and a striker as cool as can be, cushioning the ball up and over a stranded goalkeeper.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
I was relieved I wasn’t stranded on a mountain, hauling 5 pounds of dead robot weight.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Yet the hard, pessimax truth of the matter found her stranded and penniless in a midsized European nation where she did not speak the language, wearing boy’s clothes and smelling of fish.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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