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It is likely that a relatively weak area of low pressure will drift northwards from France over the weekend increasing the chance that patchy rain will move across the UK.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

And while training together for the big summit push by climbing a lower peak in Nepal in 2022, Nelson loses her footing in an avalanche the size of a small snow drift.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Morning Consult said Nike’s favorability has shown a downward drift across the window beginning before the tournament and through September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

These vignettes — “scenes” would be giving too much credit — eventually drift into musical riffs or spoken-word rants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Headmarveller Rivera pointed up, then scowled, waiting for The Marvellian Times news-blimp to drift out of view before speaking again.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Still, the risk isn’t that stocks suddenly collapse, but that money slowly drifts elsewhere, Rizzuto told MarketWatch on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

The immense umbrella cloud that forms does not behave like a normal ash plume that simply drifts with the prevailing wind.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Captivated, she drifts in and stands behind him, unseen by him until the final words.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

A showery low will edge closer to southern and south-western Britain as it drifts out of France as early as Monday night.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

When morning came he went out and plowed the drifts in his yard, for the fun of it.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

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 Sweden international just failed to get his head on the ball, and it drifted out of play.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Meanwhile, student performance indicators have drifted downward, as reflected in recent Programme for International Student Assessment evaluations, an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development measure of students’ abilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The wildfire haze has drifted into nearby Singapore, Malaysia, East Timor and even the Philippines, prompting periodic school closures and health warnings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

‘Soon they drifted into evil, warped by their hunger for power.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

America is rapidly drifting away from traditional burial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The haze has prompted school closures in Malaysia and East Timor, with haze drifting into Singapore and as far afield as the Philippines.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

As he tried to check if the local health centre was open in the middle of the night Sandra's pain left her and she started "drifting off".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Some 15 miles off the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, around 20 empty Iranian oil tankers are stranded, drifting with their engines idled as food, fuel and fresh water run short.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He lay in bed, drifting in and out of sleep.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm