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"has been adrift" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe something that has been in a state of confusion, uncertainty, or indecision for a prolonged period of time. For example, "The company has been adrift for the past five years without a clear vision of the future."
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Population policy has been adrift in the post-revolutionary chaos.
The domestic banking industry has been adrift since the financial collapse in 1998.
Since attaining that goal in the 1980's, the country has been adrift.
The priority now is basketball, and salvaging a career that has been adrift for two years.
The tanker has been adrift since a fire crippled it on March 13.
On a number of fronts, people inside and outside the Education Department report, the school system has been adrift.
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Wiens had been adrift since adolescence.
In the absence of strong federal law, the courts have been adrift on many important Internet privacy issues.
Before the midafternoon announcement that the Fed had pushed the Federal Funds rate to 6percentt, stocks had been adrift.
Suhail, on the other hand, had been adrift for a while, sometimes living in Lahore, sometimes Sialkot.
It was not clear how long they had been adrift, but all appeared to be in good health and were taken aboard a Japanese cutter, the Coast Guard said.
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