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The phrase "go drifting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of driving a vehicle in a controlled slide or when discussing a leisurely activity of drifting away from responsibilities or concerns.
Example: "On weekends, I love to go drifting along the scenic coastal roads."
Alternatives: "take a leisurely drive" or "drift away."
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Peoples come and go, drifting in the mists of time.
At the end of each episode, the characters fall asleep one by one, Iggle Piggle the last to go, drifting away in his boat to a theme tune which is the perfect counterpoint to that of Me Too! – elegiac, melodic, free from lyrics about shopping.
In this case, the creeping anxiety and psychosis – "Your brow is sweating and your mouth gets dry / Fancy people go drifting by / The moment of truth is right at hand / Just one more nightmare you can stand" – belonged to Robertson, whose writing was taking a darker, more personal turn, but the song is brought to life by Danko's twitchy, nervous vocals.
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Towards the area he went, drifting inside away from Miranda and Tiago, who sought to recover his error and almost committed another as he stuck out a foot.
Long before Hurricane Sandy would wash into our lives, a year before someone's white sofa went drifting down our block at two in the morning, I had already seen our street transformed into an ocean, and that ocean held a curious vessel that I knew had come only for me.
And then she was gone, drifting into the crowd toward the Chemin de Fer tables and the roulette wheels on the desert horizon.
Soon, she is gone drifting upward into the sky.
That's what race car driver Toxa Avdeyev's 4-year-old son discovered recently when he went drifting with his speed demon papa.
"Most workers believe the advertisements telling them they'll see the world, but all they see is the bottom of the ship as the world goes drifting by.
Don't leave the safety sausage home if you go drift diving.
If I'm going to start drifting, I feel like I'm going to need to learn how to play that.
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