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Recent Examples of draw in
For example, for the first draw, one of the clubs ranked 23rd or 24th will be drawn in one side of the bracket, leaving the other to be automatically placed on the opposite side.
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Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Dash Day had himself quite a time, raking the trap, drawing in the sand and playing with a golf ball while his dad posed for pictures with a trophy and a surfboard — and a check for $1.13 million.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
On the other hand, South Congress Books recently closed shop and, in this age of Amazon, book peddlers are constantly trying to figure out how to draw in buyers.
—Asher Price, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
By offering deep discounts on past-season items, businesses can draw in customers who value good deals while creating excitement around the brand.
—Florence Chikezie, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Dash Day had himself quite a time, raking the trap, drawing in the sand and playing with a golf ball while his dad posed for pictures with a trophy and a surfboard — and a check for $1.13 million.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
On the other hand, South Congress Books recently closed shop and, in this age of Amazon, book peddlers are constantly trying to figure out how to draw in buyers.
—Asher Price, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
By offering deep discounts on past-season items, businesses can draw in customers who value good deals while creating excitement around the brand.
—Florence Chikezie, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
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Trump’s self-assuredness in his ability to persuade and coerce a new Axis of Evil is a major perceptional error.—
Richard E. Vatz,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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Just two Republican senators — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — voted against advancing Hegseth’s nomination; Democrats are still seeking to persuade others to join them for the final vote, citing accusations about his conduct.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Soot blew in through gaps and cracks, sneaked under doors and snowed down from vents, homeowners said, powdering their carpets, closets, couches, pillows and quilts.—
Jack Healy,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The forecast calls for temperatures in the low 30s with sleet and snow a possibility.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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On hand for the séance is a thoroughly skeptical Poirot, inveigled to attend by a mystery-novelist friend, Ariadne Oliver.—
Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Sep. 2023
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Norman Mailer tried to inveigle his dinner guests into an orgy, and not long after wrote a cruel letter to Styron, breaking off their friendship.—
Marion Winik,
Washington Post,
15 June 2023
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John Graves Simcoe, the inaugural lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, intended to create a model colony, one that would lure Americans back to British rule.—
Lawrence B.A. Hatter / Made by History,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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The panels, tributes, and special screenings lure not only local cinephiles but the area’s few hundred Academy members eager to hear Oscar contenders talk about their creative process.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2025
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Legend has it that Parthenope drowned herself in the sea when her songs failed to seduce Odysseus, her body eventually washing up along the shores of Naples.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2025
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As an undercover policeman, his job is to loiter near the men’s bathroom at the local shopping mall and seduce passing trade into committing acts of what his superiors would call gross indecency.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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