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.
In this model, proteins drift until they eventually reach where they are needed.
From Science Daily
Hail piles up into ice drifts, growing from pellets to Ping-Pong balls.
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My eyes drift down to the Scrabble board.
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Dozens of green papers, each printed with the number 100 in the corners, drifted down around them.
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