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  • noun Plural form of drifter.

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Examples

  • We are so sheltered by official secretdom that it has become impossible to investigate occurrences without bumping into at least one or two drifters from the dimensions – and for all the evidence which exists, they are still considered fairy tales for the masses.

    2010 March « The Graveyard 2010

  • We are so sheltered by official secretdom that it has become impossible to investigate occurrences without bumping into at least one or two drifters from the dimensions – and for all the evidence which exists, they are still considered fairy tales for the masses.

    Interview With My MC – Bellamy « The Graveyard 2010

  • Other instruments known as drifters float on the surface and determine the paths and direction of the water.

    Atlantic Ocean 2008

  • Other instruments known as drifters float on the surface and determine the paths and direction of the water.

    Atlantic Ocean 2008

  • Other instruments known as drifters float on the surface and determine the paths and direction of the water.

    Pacific Ocean 2008

  • One study in the late 1990s used satellites to track almost 100 "drifters" set loose in the Gulf of Mexico to mimic floating oil.

    BP Relied on Faulty U.S. Data 2010

  • Animated computer model map with "drifters" showing estimated location and movement of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Animated computer model map with "drifters" showing estimated location and movement of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Animated computer model map with "drifters" showing estimated location and movement of the BP

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Fox commentators call us unwashed radicals and vagrants, drifters with a hatred and envy of the wealthy.

    Carl Gibson: Occupy The Dinner Conversation This Christmas Carl Gibson 2011

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