Forced to abandon ship, Shackleton and his crew were set adrift on the floes.

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Payton's last major recording, Sonic Trance, sounded like an artist unmoored, set adrift in search of a sound.

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Other boatloads of Rohingya have allegedly been set adrift after being towed out to sea by Thai authorities.

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One group of over 400 refugees was set adrift on a barge with two sacks of rice and two gallons of water.

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But beyond that, a US withdrawal would set adrift nearly half a million US-trained and armed forces who will undoubtedly seek out new sponsors.

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No one was injured in the fire Monday, but the blaze set the cruiseliner adrift at sea in a region where Somali pirates prey on ships.

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The Dane had to come back from 3-1 down in the second set and 3-0 adrift in the decider.

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Lorenzo, who set the fastest pace in Friday's practice session, was 0.05 seconds adrift with compatriot Dani Pedrosa third on his Repsol Honda 0.383s behind Rossi.

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