drifted
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Brazil’s central bank held its steep interest rates unchanged Wednesday after five consecutive cuts as inflation drifted away from target amid growing concern around government spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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
That correlation has broken down as concerns over AI grow, capital has gotten more expensive and the war has drifted into its ninth month.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The haze has been linked to hundreds of thousands of respiratory illnesses in Indonesia, and has drifted to neighbouring countries like Singapore and Malaysia.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
As I drifted back to sleep, I wished and wished that, when I woke again, the early-morning’s events would turn out to have been a bad dream.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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