maroon

Current ASU student Sophie said her family "bleeds maroon and gold".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The last man to break the Old Firm duopoly has been seen in a maroon tie at Tynecastle and is in regular contact with the Hearts boss.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Locals played extras and dressed in Welch High School’s maroon and white for a 1970s-era football game at Vic Nystrom Stadium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

In his maroon robes, simple sandals and wide-rimmed spectacles, the Dalai Lama is an unlikely global celebrity.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

But today, I thought, standing back from the mirror as far as I could in the small room, the effect of dark maroon was very smart.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The area was once a refuge for escaped slaves known as maroons who fought fiercely against their British captors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

That maroons 100 chatty senators - including four Democrats in the heat of a nomination fight - for the serious constitutional business of the impeachment trial, for hours at a time.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 21, 2020

Maybe it’s the generic newness of the place, which was built a little over five years ago — all browns and maroons and sea foam green.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2018

It's a record that does clever things with its anachronisms: retro-robotic voices collide satisfyingly with free-jazz skronks on Rocket #9, while highlight Forêt Vierge maroons its wobbly analogue synths amid icy, minimalist techno.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2012

The descendants of maroons who evaded the British still live in Jamaica to this day.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

In short: Wilson snuck a 2,700-year-old poem through the gates of mainstream taste — and after that victory, her arrogance left her marooned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

His universally acclaimed “Summer of Soul” dropped in June 2021, offering deep refreshment to thirsty concertgoers marooned in a barren season for live music.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

Clotted ribbons of trash were drifting past, from marooned vessels forced to toss rotting garbage overboard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

In a post on Truth Social, Trump called it a "humanitarian gesture," saying many of the marooned ships "were running low on food," but offered few details on how the mission would work.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

Like a White Russian drinking tea in Paris, marooned in the twentieth century, I wander back, try to regain those distant pathways; I become too maudlin, lose myself.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Fifteenth-century sailors shared stories of ships that had become ensnared in the algae, marooning their crews at sea.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2023

This time a van's clutch has stopped working, marooning them in the central reservation of the busy motorway.

From BBC ● May 1, 2023

The lack of open nursing home beds is marooning some patients in hospitals for weeks while social workers seek placements.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023

Debris flows and swollen creeks blocked roads and highways, marooning hundreds of people for hours and, in some cases, days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

The men have been talking about her and, many of them, favour not the trouble of marooning those on board of her.

From Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter by Frank Richard Stockton