drift
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For BP, Manifold had been brought is as a tougher chair meant to impose discipline after years of strategic drift.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
If fertility continues to fall, we may indeed drift toward the world Aldous Huxley imagined—a “brave new world” possible only with test-tube babies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Particles could break apart, stick together, drift toward the Sun, or become trapped in certain regions.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
Smoke from the flames spread throughout the L.A. area on Sunday and was expected to drift throughout the region through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
It was considered too dangerous because of the possibility of the towline becoming tangled in the Hunley’s propeller, or because the “torpedo” could drift and slam into the Hunley instead of the enemy vessel.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing drift
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 4
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