How to pronounce drifted
Listen to drifted in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“drifted” in real sentences
455 clips in the index · 96 American · 87 British · 1 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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to antigenically drifted viruses.
CDC · hear it here
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drifted or shifted strains.
TED-Ed · hear it here
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But frankly both have drifted.
RNZ · hear it here
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was 2021 our inclination had drifted enough and the mean local time had drifted down to
USGS · hear it here
Why real speech
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