adrift
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He was a sad figure adrift, a relic virtually alone until he was hunted down by the CIA and French intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Championship leader Antonelli was 0.121 seconds clear of Norris - who won the last race in Hungary before Formula 1's summer break - with the Italian's Mercedes team-mate George Russell just 0.004secs further adrift.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The most irritating thing about “Mutiny” is that it has decent ideas that it floats and then casts adrift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Some of the medical and scientific skepticism is a result of people feeling adrift in a rapidly changing world and drowning in competing information.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Carthage, South Dakota, population 274, is a sleepy little cluster of clapboard houses; tidy yards, and weathered brick storefronts rising humbly from the immensity of the northern plains, set adrift in time.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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