drift
Example Sentences
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And when my thoughts go idle, they drift to new happy memories that I’ve made all myself: A rainbow over a mountain range after a terrifying hail storm in Texas.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
For BP, Manifold had been brought is as a tougher chair meant to impose discipline after years of strategic drift.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Particles could break apart, stick together, drift toward the Sun, or become trapped in certain regions.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
One injury, one upset or one withdrawal and British boxing's biggest modern rivalry could once again drift away.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
If I wanted to persuade you of continental drift, for example, I would point you to the classic papers on paleomagnetism and we could then go and make our measurements in the field.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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