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drifting

  • present participle
    of drift.
    drift
    noun
    a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.

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“It would somehow feel thin and hollow, and people may not know why their attention is drifting, but it would drift,” MacFarlane said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

But instead of coming together to fight these problems, Europe’s countries seem to be drifting apart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The hazardous smoke has led to an increase in respiratory problems, forced schools to close, and has been drifting to neighbouring countries including -- Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

Yet what made the contest so compelling was the growing sense that, even while Itauma was winning rounds, he was drifting closer to defeat.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

It’s the mechanic, and smoke is drifting up from the knives in my machine.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron