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Recent Examples of adrift
Few of the film’s ideas truly connect with one another, leaving its lead stars adrift in the process, forcing them to conjure three dimensional details from a script that, intentionally or otherwise, feels paper thin.
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Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Both books deal with young people who are adrift, and both capture a time of rapidly changing mores and politics.
—Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
But where Portner seemed adrift in busy harmonies on that EP, Croz Boyce is a comparatively unhurried, almost entirely instrumental project.
—Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
His portrayal of best-selling thriller writer Greg Russo — adrift in a New England college after a disastrous campus speaking engagement — lands in that sweet spot between comedy and drama that has increasingly defined the modern Emmy landscape.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 May 2026
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Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Both books deal with young people who are adrift, and both capture a time of rapidly changing mores and politics.
—Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
But where Portner seemed adrift in busy harmonies on that EP, Croz Boyce is a comparatively unhurried, almost entirely instrumental project.
—Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
His portrayal of best-selling thriller writer Greg Russo — adrift in a New England college after a disastrous campus speaking engagement — lands in that sweet spot between comedy and drama that has increasingly defined the modern Emmy landscape.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adrift
Adjective
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Special meals can be provided on a sandbank or a deserted beach.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Rue Roger-Salengro was quiet, almost deserted, lined by warehouse walls and the blind backs of houses whose façades looked onto the parallel street, Rue de la République.—
Annie Ernaux,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Legislation on anything touching crypto moves at the pace of a divided Congress.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The sentiment from those athletic directors and presidents who OutKick has spoken with in recent weeks is a divided one, but not in a hostile way.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
Adjective
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The funding infusion represents the second significant capital raised toward the sweeping project, which so far has involved entities connected to Mehta purchasing half a dozen properties on three blocks of Fillmore between Clay and Pine streets, including the forsaken theater.—
Laura Waxmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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Swift rewrites the forsaken lover's fate through her own lens.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Underdog startups and neglected divisions tell similar stories.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2026
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Cinematographer Guillermo Garza shoots neglected settings like fine art, embracing the grime.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Caregivers remembered him not as a forgotten man, but as someone impossible to forget.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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Hand creams are often a forgotten but very important part of any anti-aging routine, especially during the cooler months.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
11 Jan. 2026
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Born on May 13, 1958, in California, Sheets appeared on 163 episodes of Storage Wars between 2010 and 2023, vying with other buyers of abandoned and unopened storage lockers being auctioned.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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The city has been overwhelmed in recent years by an influx of abandoned and stray dogs and puppies.—
Alyce McFadden,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In Literature and Painting Playset, 2025, a Cartman-like figure wearing a beret splashes daubs of paint on the screen while a female figure in pilgrim dress delivers a long, disjointed monologue patched together by Kokopeli from Quora posts, art history texts, and other online detritus.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Much more significant in the final decision was his inability to find solutions to the team’s glaring weaknesses as a blanket of negativity descended during the run-in with performances so lifeless and disjointed.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Back in 2022, however, Yeung felt increasingly disconnected from her work.—
Mike Winters
Mickey Todiwala,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Because the engine to pay for heroism has become heroic in its own right — endlessly inventive, strategically brilliant, and almost entirely disconnected from the patient whose name appears at the top of the page.—
Darshak Sanghavi,
STAT,
3 June 2026
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“Adrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adrift. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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