drift
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As long as there isn’t a local price war, station owners are incentivized to let the price drift down slowly rather than passing savings to the consumer the moment they receive them.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Along Main Street, the mingled scents of woodsmoke and apple pie drift from storefronts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Without a stable point to settle, they drift away instead of forming a conductive bridge.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
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
All these words came sputtering out of her mother’s mouth at once, but Hazel got the drift.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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