And as that fluid becomes thicker and more inclined to stick to the object, the amount of drift increases.

并且当液体变得更厚和更倾向于粘在物体上时，漂移的程度增大。

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Alas, this Administration is unlikely to take such sensible steps, preferring instead to stick with a disastrous, ostrich-like policy of drift and appeasement.

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It is nasal bombardment, in a good way: wafts of curry drift in the breeze, cinnamon sings on the sidewalk and many shop owners keep a stick of incense perpetually burning.

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