drift
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One reason this works is family offices are often sophisticated investors, and they don’t want to be in a blind-pool fund where managers can drift from a thematic mandate.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Whether Warsh can slow the committee’s drift toward entertaining tighter policy—and whether he even wants to—is far from clear, Lavorgna said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Smoke from the flames spread throughout the L.A. area on Sunday and was expected to drift throughout the region through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
McInnes said his team needed a siege mentality to deal with... well, he stopped short of spelling it out but you caught his drift.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
I pick up a book and read for five minutes, and drift off…till I’m woken by a knock on the back door.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing drift
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 4
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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