drift

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

In midair she manages to turn herself 180 degrees before being caught by her partner, despite her momentum seeming to drift into his arms like a feather blown by a breeze.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Garfield read the book after receiving the script and says he "listened to the tapes in the evening and it was very sweet as I'd drift off to sleep listening to them".

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The peak came after a bearish harami on June 12, and the stock continued to drift lower into the fourth quarter of 2025 where a bearish head and shoulders pattern formed.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

After we ate, we started to drift into a sedate sleepiness again.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall