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People are adrift, livestock and crops are damaged. – Sherry Rehman	Found on CNN 1 year ago
What Biden inherited was a ship that was adrift at sea that he's had to sail on a corrective course to get things back in place, and I think he's done an excellent job in doing so. – Floyd McKissick	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The world is a mess, our society seems adrift and issues related to COVID have made things worse. – Steve Rock	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
[Austin]will restore direction to a Pentagon that has been left rudderless and adrift for too long under the previous administration, his character and integrity are unquestioned and he possesses the knowledge and skill to effectively lead the Pentagon. – Jack Reed	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Were at an inflection point. The constant chaos leaves us adrift. The incompetence makes us feel afraid, the callousness makes us feel alone. Its a lot. And heres the thing : We can do better and deserve so much more. We must elect a president who will bring something different, something better, and do the important work. A president who will bring all of us togetherBlack, White, Latino, Asian, Indigenousto achieve the future we collectively want. We must elect Joe Biden. – Kamala Harris	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Worlds Adrift allows you to go into the game and set your own objectives and go about the game however you choose. – Henrique Olifiers	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
These young people have been uprooted and have been cast adrift, they are traumatized, and they have no structure in their daily lives. – Deidre Berger	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
If cabinet members are found guilty they have to go. Three have fallen and more could follow. That's not a problem. Temer will still have our support because Brazil was adrift and he has set the economy on a new course. – Luiz Carlos Heinze	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
What is sure is that the (Egypt) route is very long, it is very risky and these people including many families with babies have been adrift at sea for many days, up to a week, we know also that there are a lot of unaccompanied minors, from 12 to 16, 17 years old. – Carlotta Sami	Found on Reuters 7 years ago

People are adrift, livestock and crops are damaged.

– Sherry Rehman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What Biden inherited was a ship that was adrift at sea that he's had to sail on a corrective course to get things back in place, and I think he's done an excellent job in doing so.

– Floyd McKissick

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The world is a mess, our society seems adrift and issues related to COVID have made things worse.

– Steve Rock

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

[Austin]will restore direction to a Pentagon that has been left rudderless and adrift for too long under the previous administration, his character and integrity are unquestioned and he possesses the knowledge and skill to effectively lead the Pentagon.

– Jack Reed

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Were at an inflection point. The constant chaos leaves us adrift. The incompetence makes us feel afraid, the callousness makes us feel alone. Its a lot. And heres the thing : We can do better and deserve so much more. We must elect a president who will bring something different, something better, and do the important work. A president who will bring all of us togetherBlack, White, Latino, Asian, Indigenousto achieve the future we collectively want. We must elect Joe Biden.

– Kamala Harris

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Worlds Adrift allows you to go into the game and set your own objectives and go about the game however you choose.

– Henrique Olifiers

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

These young people have been uprooted and have been cast adrift, they are traumatized, and they have no structure in their daily lives.

– Deidre Berger

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

If cabinet members are found guilty they have to go. Three have fallen and more could follow. That's not a problem. Temer will still have our support because Brazil was adrift and he has set the economy on a new course.

– Luiz Carlos Heinze

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

What is sure is that the (Egypt) route is very long, it is very risky and these people including many families with babies have been adrift at sea for many days, up to a week, we know also that there are a lot of unaccompanied minors, from 12 to 16, 17 years old.

– Carlotta Sami

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else

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