Noun : The committee is an orphan of the previous administration.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : an orphan home. ,an orphan research project. ,orphan workers.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : He was orphaned at the age of four. ,The recession has orphaned many experienced workers.    From Dictionary.com. 

Witnesses were conscious that co-residents whom they described as orphans had a particularly difficult time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sam Harris: Bringing the Vatican to Justice] Reference

That creates "orphans" - unsold cars sitting at dealerships.    From Wordnik.com.  [Automotive Headlines] Reference

Mistrust in the eyes of rescued Haitian 'orphans' - Telegraph. co.uk.    From Wordnik.com.  [nst online] Reference

They were called "orphans" -- sometimes they had been made orphans by the conquerors -- and they were then "apprenticed" to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference

We were haunted by the fear of being called orphans and treated as orphans.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Stop Worrying and Start Living] Reference

Shouldn’t religious people have the right to force children to remain orphans?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Judge strikes down Arkansas law banning same-sex couples from adopting.] Reference

"The orphans are the country's most vulnerable and youngest citizens," Haoues said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Collegian Online - News] Reference

But then we were called orphans and the underground stations were great fun at night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

Also, I want to know whose bright idea it was to start calling orphans "Child Errors.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Japanator] Reference

And with these so-called orphans, the 2009 is redesigned, making that 2008 seem even more dated.    From Wordnik.com.  [New car deals on leftovers] Reference

Questions continue to grow after a charity tries to fly out children described as orphans from Chad to France.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2007] Reference

A French group calling itself Zoe's Ark was stopped last week from flying the children it described as orphans from Sudan's Darfur to.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The new policy will affect only 900 children whom the Haitian government had identified as orphans before the policy came into place.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hollywood Liberal] Reference

Many of those children are classified as orphans under the UN-AIDS definition that an orphan is a child who has lost one or both parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Before dawn on Oct. 25, Chadian soldiers intercepted 103 youngsters — described as orphans from Darfur — before the children could board a chartered flight for France.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do-Gooders Gone Bad] Reference

The children were originally described as orphans, but subsequent investigation showed that all had living parents who had granted the Americans permission to take the children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News]

Are there hordes of Romany "orphans" dropped off in Barcelona?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Review: Where the Eagle Landed] Reference

Families are fragmented; children can become 'orphans' overnight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arlene M. Roberts: The Faces of Detention and Deportation: Defending Community Without Borders] Reference

Made all the more frustrating when you know a good share of these "orphans" aren't orphans at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

However many of these "orphans" have parents or other living relatives desperate to care for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dos and Don'ts of Disaster Relief Donations] Reference

HIV/AIDS, especially children such as orphans, are uplifted from the abject of poverty and misery.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Second, many books are "orphans," that is, books whose rights holders cannot be located by a reasonably diligent search.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pamela Samuelson: The Audacity of the Google Book Search Settlement] Reference

Last year, my husband Bill and I created a Foundation to give grants to doctors and researchers -- and bring those "orphans" together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victoria Jackson: Why Should We Care] Reference

“orphans” — just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Childhood] Reference

All Haiti 'orphans' taken by US missionaries have parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [arabnews - frontpage] Reference

World: Haitian 'orphans' taken by missionaries have family.    From Wordnik.com.  [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference

Parents in slum: All Haitian 'orphans' taken by detained US missionaries had parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

All Haitian 'orphans' with Baptists had parents man washes next to her in makeshift.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Cries for Help via Text Messages Are Used to Direct Aid to Haiti] Reference

Along with not having the proper paperwork, many of the supposed "orphans" still had parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Barometer] Reference

AP determines all Haitian 'orphans' taken by detained US missionaries have parents still alive.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Where is the lady from TN that wanted Haitians and Haitian "orphans" followed by their parents?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Plans for turkey day are sleeping in, then cooking the main dish for an "orphans" thanksgiving.    From Wordnik.com.  [CrunchGear] Reference

It's an opportunity for the ummah, for Muslims to care for orphans which is so repetitively and extensively emphasized in The Noble Qur'an.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference