Drifts
Progresses and drifts are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Progresses" instead the word "Drifts" as a noun or a verb.
Progresses
Drifts and progresses are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drifts" instead the word "Progresses" as a noun or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Mittens herself fulfills the trope at first, behaving like a Mafia don toward the local pigeons, but drifts away from it as the film progresses.
Source: Disney / Bolt -
Locke the treasure hunter, from Final Fantasy VI is pretty much the definition of this trope, though he drifts into being less of a rogue and more of a hero as the game progresses.
Source: Lovable Rogue - Frodo heavily slips into Classical Anti-Hero as The Return of the King progresses, as he fails to destroy the ring, is tormented by his physical and emotional scars and drifts into a more and more passive role, especially in "The Scouring of the Shire".
Source: Anti Hero / Literature
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