drift

Six points from six games, ninth in the table, an awful loss to lowly Kilmarnock on Tuesday and a sense of drift did for him.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Powerful winds break up the ice cover, causing individual floes to move, drift, and collide with one another.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

By late afternoon, yields had reversed course again to drift higher—and ever closer to 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

When actors understand what they’re saying, audiences tend to catch their characters’ drift while absorbing poetry that’s still at the root of the English language.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

But just as he began to drift off to sleep, a loud yell shook him awake.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

The immense umbrella cloud that forms does not behave like a normal ash plume that simply drifts with the prevailing wind.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

On Thursday, the showers will become more widespread as low pressure drifts southwards across the UK.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

In “God Knows Where I Am,” Linda Bishop, diagnosed variously as having “bipolar disorder with psychosis” or schizoaffective disorder, drifts “between shelters, hospitals, and jail” before finding refuge in a deserted farmhouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Anything that drifts too close to the dreaded category of “dump and stir,” a phrase that has done real reputational harm to a perfectly sensible technique?

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

The road ran along the flat gray coast and there were drifts of sand in the road that the winds had left there.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Although the system was conceptually elegant and mathematically orderly, it gradually drifted farther away from the natural seasonal cycle it was meant to organize.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The unemployment rate has drifted down to 4.1% after rising to 4.5% late last year, and hiring has exceeded the pace needed to absorb new workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Harp and her brother were close as young children but drifted apart as they got older.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

“I think more needs to happen here — and more is likely to happen,” said Dustin Reid, chief fixed-income strategist at Mackenzie Investments, as yields drifted higher Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

Then her eyes drifted to the lanterns dimly glowing above.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

In the sky, reporters and pilots keep an eye out for one another, warning when one is drifting too close to another or if there is something else to keep an eye on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

The hazardous smoke has led to an increase in respiratory problems, forced schools to close, and has been drifting to neighbouring countries including -- Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

Some years, local boaters will push the floating bog to prevent it from drifting towards local bridge.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Their rarity and longevity make them especially valuable to researchers studying glacier retreat, changing ocean conditions and the risks posed by drifting ice in polar regions.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

I tried to push Russell out of my mind, but my thoughts slid about, half focused on the demoralizing drama as George fell into poverty, half drifting to my own predicament.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu