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Every industry eventually reaches a moment when the model and reality drift far enough apart to create an opening for whoever corrects it first.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

“We see the shares up initially on the beat but likely to continue to drift from here,” JPM says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

On a ski slope, the drift would be minor.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Bavuma, who tasted defeat as captain for the first time in this match, allowed the game to drift on day two as Australia extended their score from 124-6 to 390 not out.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

“I’ll answer for the Professor. I don’t quite see his drift, but I swear he’s honest; and that’s good enough for me.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Far below the ocean's surface, a constant snowfall drifts through the darkness.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

However as the high pressure drifts out into the North Sea, the wind across the south of the UK will change direction and strengthen.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Still, the risk isn’t that stocks suddenly collapse, but that money slowly drifts elsewhere, Rizzuto told MarketWatch on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

The waxy scent that drifts up the escalators at the Los Angeles Central Library is immediately familiar to anyone who remembers the Mold-A-Rama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

They trudged along as fast as they could, over patches of grass, and through thick drifts of old leaves; and all about them the rain pattered and trickled.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

While Anthropic hasn’t set an official date for the IPO, the unofficial timeline has drifted past initial reports of a late-September or early-October listing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

The government has come under pressure to toughen up existing measures after thick haze from fires burning in Indonesia's Sumatra and Borneo in recent weeks drifted across the region.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

When that deadline drifted quietly by, they set a new target of achieving the goal by 2030 instead.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Though different in cause, the two accidents reveal deeper, systemic shortcomings in Spain’s rail safety systems, where investment in modernization and maintenance have drifted since the boom years that saw its networks quickly expand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The light was low from the rows of paper lanterns, and waiters drifted through the scene, carrying trays laden with food.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

In Texas, Latinos who had also been drifting closer to the Republicans swung hard back to the Democrats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

She described black soot on window sills and foul odors drifting through the streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

These days he’s a religious gent and a shepherd to drifting youth, a golf addict, sober as a mullah, and insists his critics have always taken him far too seriously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The haze has prompted school closures in Malaysia and East Timor, with haze drifting into Singapore and as far afield as the Philippines.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Mrs. Flint suffered from thinning hair, and so there were always stray strands drifting around the kitchen floor—more than enough to stuff four mattresses.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck