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
John Joly, also of Trinity, decided to give Edmond Halley’s ocean salts idea a whirl, but his method was based on so many faulty assumptions that he was hopelessly adrift.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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