adrift
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Cast adrift by US President Donald Trump's immigration policy, the migrants spend their days on their mobile phones, trying to contact their families.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
He shares how students arrive culturally adrift, disconnected from their Punjabi or Indian heritage, and a single song can open a door.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
This explains the sense Ms. Edebiri exudes of being suddenly marooned and adrift, and in retreat in some way from adulthood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
This country is tiled with adrift twentysomething males, beset with incoherent politics, whose opinion about any issue is generated in the 10 seconds after they’ve been asked the question.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
‘These fine fellows and lordlings are turning us adrift again. Come along!’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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