adrift
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It should be the perfect setup for staples to shine with their steady-eddy model, but that’s not what’s happened, leaving skittish investors adrift.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Cast adrift by US President Donald Trump's immigration policy, the migrants spend their days on their mobile phones, trying to contact their families.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Chelsea are seventh in the Premier League, five points adrift of a top-five spot and Champions League qualification, with four matches remaining.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
But since sacking Dyche in April 2022 with the club four points adrift with eight games left, they have not stayed still.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
And as he cut himself adrift, both from them and simultaneously from that other world he had known before them, he marveled: What an awful thing the truth is, and how comforting is a lie.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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