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Assange said the United States had "marooned" Snowden in Russia by revoking his passport.

From Reuters Jun. 30, 2013

The two priests whom Magellan had marooned had honestly thought Magellan mad.

From The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines by Butterworth, Hezekiah

For about half a mile the Very Young Man sailed along parallel with the beach, looking for the man they had marooned.

From The Girl in the Golden Atom by Cummings, Ray

It would come out just where the catapult had flung Evelyn and Denham, months before, the same spot where he had marooned them.

From The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Leinster, Murray

The major's immediate objective was an eccentric chap named Leavitt who had marooned himself in Muloa.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various