adrift

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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

Moscow’s salesman-in-chief has turned the Iran war to his favor, selling oil that until recently was adrift at sea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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

We made our landfall on Aiolia Island, domain of Aiolos Hippotades, the wind king dear to the gods who never die—an isle adrift upon the sea, ringed round with brazen ramparts on a sheer cliffside.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer