cast adrift
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But they petition to confront the challenge, to find humane solutions so that locals who would offer sea-farers protection aren't cast adrift.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023
Certainly, it is a coalition borne of necessity and mutual self-interest, as WSU and OSU find themselves isolated on an island after being callously cast adrift by the rest of the Pac-12.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
The structure he found had been cast adrift following the inferno of brutal war, and left largely abandoned during four decades of cold division.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023
Senate has yet to vote whether to confirm him as ambassador to India — have City Hall watchers wringing their hands about a metropolis being cast adrift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
But a larger part clung to the security of the familiar, as a sailor cast adrift might cling fast to any rock, no matter how small or barren.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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