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stranded

[stran-did] / ˈstræn dɪd /


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In 2009, Universal Pictures adapted “Land of the Lost” into a $100-million box-office flop about the tales of a family stranded in a dinosaur-ridden jungle.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

They compared these records with necropsy data from stranded whales.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Emerging economies are likely to be “harder hit by shortages of fuel, fertilisers and other goods stranded in the Persian Gulf because they cannot out-bid advanced economies,” CBA says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

About 100 people have been left stranded in Milan after a flight to Manchester left without them.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

As long as he was stranded he ought to scout around for some sort of job in a hurry.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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