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The risk is that the market senses a shift coming and pushes up Treasury yields in anticipation of foreign buyers’ drifting away.

Clarke's corner repeatedly protested low blows from TKV, some drifting in on the blindside of the referee, who issued a warning in the third.

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Many have since been located and destroyed in the Black Sea, but others have drifted, notably due to storms, endangering shipping.

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In recent years, ships in the Black Sea have hit naval mines, some of which have even been found drifting.

When she opened the window, green fragments drifted in.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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