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Recent Examples of adrift
That system collapsed in the 1960s, freeing actors to choose their own projects and collaborators but leaving them sartorially adrift.
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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
In 1972, Hannes (Enzo Brumm), a gangly farm boy adrift in a hedonistic haze of hormones and counterculture, stumbles upon a revelation through his contact with a love interest’s geranium.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Frankly, this effort is operationally adrift, and hopefully, the Department of Defense review should drive change.
—Gary Roughead, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
Priya shows how care without standards leaves teams adrift.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
In 1972, Hannes (Enzo Brumm), a gangly farm boy adrift in a hedonistic haze of hormones and counterculture, stumbles upon a revelation through his contact with a love interest’s geranium.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Frankly, this effort is operationally adrift, and hopefully, the Department of Defense review should drive change.
—Gary Roughead, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
Priya shows how care without standards leaves teams adrift.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adrift
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So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise?—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
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Days are spent fishing, snorkeling, and picnicking on deserted Indian Ocean islands, while nights are spent sleeping under the stars.—
Ian Proctor,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
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The civilian board that monitors the Sheriff’s Office and Probation Department will see its oversight authority expanded to include health care workers in cases of in-custody deaths, following a divided vote Tuesday by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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The gamble backfired and his centrist bloc lost seats to the far right and far left, leaving France with a divided National Assembly and effectively ungovernable.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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All those lonesome, forsaken, snuffed-out lives.—
Huda Fakhreddine
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Same premise as the exterior, but even more important: Don’t buy a car with a neglected interior.—
Jimmy Camp,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
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Close the Loop Following through on commitments is the simplest and yet shockingly most neglected way to earn long-term trust.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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Our political campaign system is disjointed and complex, and our government is a behemoth filled with thousands of actors and arcane processes.—
Andrew Frank,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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These particles and forces may look very disjointed, but there are relationships between them that are extremely powerful.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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The result is less a rite of passage than a series of disconnected tableaux, dazzling in flashes but never adding up to anything deeper.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Muller seems disconnected from everyone else here, but then that was what Muller was all about.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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Due to his austere and detached manner, he is known to immediately inspire awe in his patients.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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The relevance of The Lord is impossible to ignore, especially in the character of a British journalist, who is extremely detached and mercenary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Adrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adrift. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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