drift
Example Sentences
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She says there is too much opportunity for "drift and delay" in the old system, which meant that "in lots of cases before we were able to provide any support, months could have drifted past".
From BBC • May 30, 2026
For BP, Manifold had been brought is as a tougher chair meant to impose discipline after years of strategic drift.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
If fertility continues to fall, we may indeed drift toward the world Aldous Huxley imagined—a “brave new world” possible only with test-tube babies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Particles could break apart, stick together, drift toward the Sun, or become trapped in certain regions.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
The sounds of blues music and chatter drift outside, along with the aroma of fried foods.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing drift
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 4
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