stuck

Example Sentences

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The Foreign Office has said it is "working urgently" to get British nationals stuck on board a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak home safely.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

“To wait in line for close to two hours to get into the park and then just be stuck driving around for hours trying to find any parking at any location within the park.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Exxon and Chevron both stuck to their prior activity targets last week.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Hundreds of ships and their crews, including massive oil tankers, are still stuck on either side of the strait, which Iran declared closed weeks ago.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

It was bad enough to be stuck there on that sharecropper’s farm; but to have a little daughter and a twisted leg, and not be able to do anything for her, hurt worst of all.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls