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drift with

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drift with something 
1. . Lit. to float along with something; to be carried along at the same rate as something. He paddled the canoe into the center of the stream and let it drift with the current.
2. Fig. to "move along" passively with events and ideas. He is not very decisive and is as likely as not to drift with the tide of sentiment.
See also: drift


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The standards were characterized for their drift with time and for their dependence on temperature and voltage.
Nets of all kinds that have been lost or discarded by fishers (so-called ghost-nets) can drift with ocean currents for years, continuously killing sea creatures of all kinds.
Often re-creating the events of Rorke's Drift with genuine historical accuracy, Zulu was a labor of love for its creators.
 
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