drifting
Example Sentences
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It was another example of stock prices and bond yields both drifting in the same direction, as a global bond rout coincides with the unrestrained momentum of the artificial-intelligence investing boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“It would somehow feel thin and hollow, and people may not know why their attention is drifting, but it would drift,” MacFarlane said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The hazardous smoke has led to an increase in respiratory problems, forced schools to close, and has been drifting to neighbouring countries including -- Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Some years, local boaters will push the floating bog to prevent it from drifting towards local bridge.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
A favorable breeze was drifting across the island toward the shore opposite.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
