drift

Example Sentences

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I spoke with a mother and son who fled Poland; they came to the rally because they don’t want to watch their new home drift toward the system they escaped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In this model, proteins drift until they eventually reach where they are needed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

But its humor is rooted in that hazy 1970s sense of drift, when boredom and isolation start to blur together and nothing feels especially urgent, even when it probably should.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

"Allowing young people to leave education and drift straight into the welfare system risks permanently scarring a generation," she added.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

If I wanted to persuade you of continental drift, for example, I would point you to the classic papers on paleomagnetism and we could then go and make our measurements in the field.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton