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Recent Examples of drifter Poitier stars as Homer Smith, a drifter who turns up in a small Arizona town and helps a group of nuns construct a chapel for the local community. EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025 He wasn’t seen as a drifter weirdo, but embraced as a friend and a brother. Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025 Joey is a drifter working odd jobs and hardly making ends meet. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 2 Feb. 2025 The season picks up as Reacher, now a drifter, becomes embroiled in a rescue mission of an undercover DEA informant while confronting his own haunted past, according to Prime Video. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drifter

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“Drifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drifter. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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