stranded
Example Sentences
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But the exact reasons leading up to the whale being stranded aren't known.
From BBC
First, there was the paralysis of flights through some of the busiest airspace in the world, leaving aircraft at major hub airports grounded and hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.
From BBC
She didn’t want the children, both U.S. citizens, to be stranded.
From Salon
The disruption has removed hundreds of millions of barrels from global supply, while shipping traffic through the strait has collapsed and thousands of seafarers remain stranded.
From Salon
He said authorities were trying to rescue people stranded by floodwaters.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
