(n)drift, trend, movementa general tendency to change (as of opinion)“not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book”, “a broad movement of the electorate to the right”
(n)vogue, trend, stylethe popular taste at a given time“leather is the latest vogue”, “he followed current trends”, “the 1920s had a style of their own”
(v)swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cutturn sharply; change direction abruptly“The car cut to the left at the intersection”, “The motorbike veered to the right”