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Massive pieces of floating ice can remain intact for years as they drift, then gradually fracture into smaller sections that may become difficult to track.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

They would sometimes drift in the same direction, but the relationship was loose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

While watching smoke from wildfires in Canada drift over Minnesota, Winker said she has also been monitoring the Spanish fires.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

The specialist said the species' blue translucent sail allows them to drift huge distances across the surface of the sea.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

After we ate, we started to drift into a sedate sleepiness again.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

González also told CNN there were more than 1,000 wildfires currently burning in Puerto Rico, and that rain could return when a cloud of Saharan dust drifts away from the Caribbean.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

It sees a risk that the full-year margin drifts towards 5%, but that could still see it rank above other European automakers for 2026 overall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Standing beside her hospital bed, his mind drifts to Paris and to Penelope, the aspiring musician he married after falling hopelessly in love.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

The mercury could climb to 38C in Ukraine this week as Europe's deadly, record-breaking heatwave drifts eastward, engulfing the western half of the war-torn country.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

She and Mom and Malc had pancakes for dinner, so when she answers the door, the smell drifts out, and he says, Mmm.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Coast Guard says it rescued 37 migrants aboard a boat last week after it drifted for days without food or water near Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Yields have drifted higher along with oil prices over the course of the Iran war, now in its sixth month.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

That meant the two-time world champion drifted to 19th place, 780 points behind O'Connor.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Many analysts had expected the console to arrive next year, but those expectations have drifted further out because of the global shortage of key components caused by the ravenous demand from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

While Roz swam, thoughts drifted through her mind.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Their rarity and longevity make them especially valuable to researchers studying glacier retreat, changing ocean conditions and the risks posed by drifting ice in polar regions.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Newton notes the Russell 3000 McClellan Summation Index — a breadth indicator — is sitting near its June peak and while, drifting sideways, hasn’t nosedived, which is often the precursor to a bigger downturn.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

The bodies were now being recovered further away from the scene of the sinking, some of them drifting towards Zambia, the Herald reports.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The same chatbot, shown years of labs, imaging and diagnoses, can catch glucose, blood pressure and weight drifting up together, years before any one measure crosses a line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Soggy wads of toilet paper and crumpled hand towels are drifting across the floor like lumpy jellyfish.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein