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Eli sees a “troubling moral and intellectual drift toward tribalism and away from the universal principles that have long defined American conservatism.”

Our slow collective drift from one another isn’t just about screens, after all, but the endless micro-obligations that keep us tethered to them.

U.S. natural gas futures settled higher in choppy trade as cold weather drifting over the eastern half of the country added to heating demand.

After I moved back east, we kept in touch for a while, then drifted apart.

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Investigators are now focusing on the possibility that the drugs drifted to Jeju via ocean currents, according to the national daily.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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