adrift
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Despite hitting every fairway, the American struggled to convert several birdie opportunities and sits seven shots adrift.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
This country is tiled with adrift twentysomething males, beset with incoherent politics, whose opinion about any issue is generated in the 10 seconds after they’ve been asked the question.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
When Simeone first arrived, Atletico had just been eliminated from the Copa del Rey by third-tier Albacete and were 10th in La Liga, 21 points adrift of the leaders.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The characters she plays in that show and in this film are financially cosseted but psychologically adrift, bumping along from one middle-aged frustration, or humiliation, to the next.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
We seemed to be driving aimlessly, riding up and down over the undulating land, like a ship adrift in the waves.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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