drift
Example Sentences
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Prices at the pump have started to drift lower in recent weeks on rising hopes for a peace deal.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
If you need to drift toward avocado oil, I’ll allow it.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2026
But, less than five months from the November midterm elections, reopening the Strait of Hormuz could allow prices to drift lower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
The movement comes as rental costs continue to drift higher.
From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026
I asked them, hoping they would get my drift, but of course they didn’t.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing drift
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 4
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