drift

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

In a slow, steady drift, which is worse, because you never see it on any single day.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

This prehistoric creature has survived ice ages, the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, and continental drift.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“All you have to do is let go of that scrap of cloth and let it drift down here to me. The moment you do, your loved ones’ safety is assured.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Sea-level rise is measured in millimeters, so tiny drifts in the reference frame prevent accurate calculations of coastal risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Elsewhere, the conversation drifts into questions about public-records databases, investigative reporting, grant applications, and the ways institutions classify professional expertise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Anything that drifts too close to the dreaded category of “dump and stir,” a phrase that has done real reputational harm to a perfectly sensible technique?

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 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

I am pained to see Father’s condition worsen as he drifts in and out of sleep.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Sadly or maybe justly, the Dodgers have drifted into ineptitude of late, while the Tarik Skubal-less Tigers have suddenly gotten hot and leapfrogged several teams to move into the last wild-card slot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Smoke from the fire drifted across both sides of the Solent, prompting fire crews to urge people to keep doors and windows shut.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Clouds drifted toward the sun as totality approached.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

His English was not fluent and he drifted between jobs before becoming an Uber driver.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

She tossed and turned and drifted in and out of strange, restless dreams about a guidebook.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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

"When I stopped to wait, I saw your board drifting about 100 meters away," he wrote.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Satellite imagery above Gironde shows vast areas of scorched, blackened earth, with smoke drifting inland to the east.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In something of an irony, Lotus’s historic approach to cornering and traction management—crossed up, tail out, mustaches ablaze—looks a lot like what the kids call drifting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

“You can’t tell? Anyways, tell Ray I said hello,” Tadeo says, drifting back to his friends.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko