Definition of "stranded" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of strand. (verb)
• Abandoned or marooned. (adjective)
• Run aground on a shore or reef. (adjective)
• A piece of wire made by combining or bundling thinner wires (adjective)
• Expenses or costs which have become unrecoverable or difficult to recover. (adjective)

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• "In about two dozen states -- including Maryland -- it forced ratepayers to eat some $100 billion in "stranded" reactor costs in preparation for "free competition.""
• "Meanwhile, hundreds of supply trucks remain stranded at the closed Torkhum border crossing in the Khyber tribal region, leaving them vulnerable to attacks from Taliban insurgents."
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