adrift
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Phil Parkinson's side sit four points adrift of sixth place, with four games to play.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 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
Divorce, marriage, kids, no kids; so many of the men in McCarthy’s orbit feel alienated, adrift, untethered to any community.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Moscow’s salesman-in-chief has turned the Iran war to his favor, selling oil that until recently was adrift at sea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Moody’s gaze had unfocused slowly from her face, like a boat adrift.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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