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drifts

  • plural
    of drift.
    drift
    noun
    a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
  • present tense form
    of drift (3rd person singular).
    drift
    noun
    a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.

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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

Standing beside her hospital bed, his mind drifts to Paris and to Penelope, the aspiring musician he married after falling hopelessly in love.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 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

Tom Cruise spends the movie running through New Jersey with two terrified kids while ash drifts through the streets and giant alien war machines scoop humans into dangling metal cages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Then a rich-person house drifts over and stops.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson