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Meanings of stranded in English

Cut off or left behind.

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Usage of stranded in English
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With Hanjin's situation suddenly in limbo, its ships were stranded at sea.
BBC
2
Thousands of stranded foreign migrant workers awaited rescue in the port area.
Reuters
3
The action stranded passengers and goods in Belgium, France, Greece, and Luxembourg.
Wired
4
Scores of motorists were temporarily stranded and thousands of homes without power.
Reuters
5
Thousands of people have been stranded and at least 100 homes destroyed.
BBC
6
Thirty-five villages were inundated and thousands of people stranded, provincial officials said.
Reuters
7
Thousands of people have been stranded and rescue efforts are under way.
BBC
8
As a result, travelers can be stranded for hours or even days.
Reuters
9
We have carried out free energy perturbation calculations on DNA double-stranded hexanucleotides.
Pubmed
10
Rescuers pulled people to safety from cars stranded in waist-high rushing water.
Reuters
11
Vulnerable Australians stranded overseas will be prioritised for new repatriation flights home.
News.com.au
12
This resulted in Cable Car operations being suspended, leaving several people stranded.
The South African
13
More French Polynesians stranded in France since March have arrived in Tahiti.
Radio NZ
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He said five of those stranded in Fiji belong to one family.
Radio NZ
15
Even the stepfather she'd left him with had ultimately left him stranded.
Ransom
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Frustration is rising amongst Air New Zealand passengers stranded in Los Angeles.
Radio NZ
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New Zealand
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Australia
Common
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