wafted

past tense of waft
as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air a feather wafted past us and settled on the grass

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Recent Examples of wafted The smell of rice cooking wafted through the house. Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025 One possibility is that the water on young Venus formed steam that wafted above the magma sea covering the newborn planet’s surface. Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 Music by Ludovico Einaudi, who paid his respects early on Sunday morning, wafted through the room. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, its yield has wafted up to over 5% amid energy’s weakness this year—and left shares relatively cheap. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025 When the deputy approached the car, a strong odor of cannabis wafted from inside. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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  • Just over 10 laps later, that gap extended to five seconds when Verstappen locked up, and the lead hovered around six seconds with 10 laps to go.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Whether that proves to be a reset for Taylor or a different sort of false start than the ones that have hovered over him remains to be seen.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Numerous ideas have been floated for the corner lot where Hotel Marysville once towered over the downtown of its namesake.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The summer before she was elected, Marin had floated the idea of a thirty-two-hour workweek.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • With Franklin sailed William’s 15-year-old son, Temple, born in London.
    Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Shackleton and the crew of Endurance sailed to one end, while Aurora went to the other.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • Early snow had drifted half way to my knees in the timber.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This week, Caedan smiled thinking back on his grandmother, then again as his mind drifted to the single mother and two children her legacy now touches.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Wafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wafted. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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