adrift

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The characters she plays in that show and in this film are financially cosseted but psychologically adrift, bumping along from one middle-aged frustration, or humiliation, to the next.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Divorce, marriage, kids, no kids; so many of the men in McCarthy’s orbit feel alienated, adrift, untethered to any community.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Last week's defeat by fellow strugglers Liverpool, coupled with West Ham's draw against Manchester United on Wednesday, means the Foxes are adrift at the bottom by three points with five games to go.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Etibar Eyyub has turned the Iran war to his favor, selling shiploads of oil that had been adrift at sea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Like millions of Americans caught in the Great Depression, she found herself adrift in the early 1930s, working odd jobs and searching for a sense of purpose.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau