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- verb Present participle of
strand . - noun The act to
strand .
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Examples
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He bent, but he did not break in stranding six baserunners through four innings.
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Schoelkopf asks anyone who sees the manatee to call the stranding center at
unknown title 2009
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"The most likely cause of the stranding is the squid coming too close to the shore."
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Here's an idea for a way to decouple efforts to defund the war from the charge of "stranding" the troops:
Why Are Moderate Senate Dems Reluctant To Back Short-Term Iraq War Funding Option? 2009
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During the surprise visit, the minister told the media that both sides (Sarawak and Brunei Immigrations) had established an agreement to allow some "flexible operating hours" to ensure that the "stranding" drama will never happen again.
Brudirect News1 2009
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Instead, he Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Friday tempered his criticism of ExpressJet Holdings Inc. for a high-profile passenger "stranding" and laid the blame at a unit of Delta
WN.com - Articles related to World's first camel-milk chocolates goes global 2009
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The agency is continuing to monitor the situation and only plans an intervention if the animals are in imminent danger, such as stranding themselves or showing signs of serious illness.
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The agency is continuing to monitor the situation and only plans an intervention if the animals are in imminent danger, such as stranding themselves or showing signs of serious illness.
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A 500-meter stretch of the highway collapsed, stranding 400 people.
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On the River Darent, in Kent - which as recently as 1996 used to dry up in places during the summer, stranding and killing fish and other aquatic life - the amount taken from the river has been cut by 35m litres a day compared with 20 years ago, increasing river flows and so enabling much greater numbers of brown trout, pike and other fish to live in its waters.
Rivers the healthiest in a generation due to stricter pollution controls 2011
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