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drift

[drift] / drɪft /




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Much like surfers riding ocean waves, stars can gain momentum from spiral arms and drift to larger distances over time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

By afternoon, small groups of visitors drift through, taking photographs quickly, as if aware of time.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Characters drift about downtown fundraisers, Italian villas and second homes on the North Fork.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Leave it to these three to drift into the murk of a warehouse club for a near decade, and come back bigger rock stars and more powerful a band than ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Weightless, would they drift away into the great beyond?

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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