drift
Example Sentences
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In the sparsely populated Kuiper Belt, these distant bodies drift with relatively few collisions, allowing fragile structures to survive.
From Science Daily
As the shrimp drifted downward, the fish tracked its movement in the reflection and repeatedly touched the glass while watching the mirrored image fall.
From Science Daily
In the Arctic, Brown worked with an icebreaker captain to navigate directly to the northernmost pole after drifting floes blocked his original plan to travel across the ice.
But over the last year, much of the national conversation has drifted toward Pacific Palisades and away from Altadena — despite glaring shortcomings in both fires that deserve scrutiny and accountability.
From Los Angeles Times
The large cluster of skaters behind them held back, hoping the two leaders would run out of gas and drift back into the pack before the final sprint.
From Los Angeles Times
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