adrift
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She spent two days and a night adrift in the Andaman Sea off Bangladesh after the overcrowded vessel carrying about 280 people sank following four days of travel.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Norris was able to pass Audi's Gabriel Bortoleto for seventh but ran out of time to get Red Bull's Isack Hadjar in sixth, crossing the line 0.7secs adrift of the Frenchman.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli took a scintillating pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix, leaving team-mate and title rival George Russell trailing in fourth, more than 0.5 seconds adrift.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
You know a movie is adrift when you spend the running time admiring the grooming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
McCandless wasn’t some feckless slacker, adrift and confused, racked by existential despair.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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