1
as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
casual conversation drifting from one topic to another
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2
as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
the boat drifted along on the current
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3
as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly
spent several years drifting from town to town, picking up odd jobs whenever he needed cash
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Temperatures in the city hovered around the upper-30s on Friday, with a major drop in the forecast predicted for the weekend.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
20 Dec. 2024 -
Earlier in the week, the digital asset touched a fresh all-time high of $108,000 and hovered around $102,000 on Thursday.—
Brian Evans,Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
19 Dec. 2024
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And wandered around in the alleyway behind her florist job in Venice.—
Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2024
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Betsy, her Elf on the Shelf, had wandered off.—
Seth Carnell,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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While the San Francisco Giants have been floated as a potential threat to steal Alonso from the Mets, could the Seattle Mariners be another one?—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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The country also hopes about 10 percent of the digital nomads who flock to the country will remain there, the Taipei Times reported last year when the idea was first floated.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Jan. 2025
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For the past 12 months our photographers have roamed hotel rooms, celebrity homes and even hideaways of the Hollywood Bowl in search of transcendent shots of Hollywood and arts figures in their element.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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The mastodon, a distant relative of modern elephants, roamed the region thousands of years ago.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Dec. 2024
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The movie slipped to fifth, third, and sixth ranks in the following weeks.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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The city slipped into a recession, and things got harder.—
Dodai Stewart,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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George swept the Irish in a 2017-19 home-and-home.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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The Cavs would get swept in the NBA Finals, but everybody knew James was here to win from that point on.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Drifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drifted. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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