How to Use cast adrift in a Sentence
cast adrift
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Last season, a clear bottom three were cast adrift.
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Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Now, during his Philadelphia homecoming, Castellanos has again been cast adrift.
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Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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These evocative, volcanic islands, cast adrift off the northeast coast of Sicily, remain salted, fresh, and gloriously disheveled.
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Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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The novel follows the life of Dylan, the daughter of a researcher, cast adrift on an earth that has been depopulated by war and environmental collapse.
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Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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We’ve all been cast adrift in the cognitive dissonance between the visceral seriousness of the crime and the abject flippancy of the shooter, the brutality of the shooting and the memes reacting to Kirk’s bigoted views.
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Raven Smith,
Vogue,
18 Sep. 2025
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Yes, Oregon State’s 10-7 victory over Washington State was the hardest of hard watches, 60 minutes of offensive offense and depleted rosters from programs that were cast adrift in the realignment seas.
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Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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