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Recent Examples of draw in
When temperatures are cooler at night, keep windows open to draw in cooler air.
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Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
2 July 2026
Ridership peaked on June 27 — when Algeria and Austria faced off in a dramatic 3-3 draw in Kansas City — with more than 48,000 passenger rides, setting the single-day record.
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Dylan Lysen,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
At the World Cup draw in December, none of the African teams were placed in Pot One based on their FIFA rankings.
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Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
The nation fell into a brutal draw in a group by Argentina and Nigeria, and Bosnia and Herzegovina failed to qualify for the elimination rounds.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
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Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
2 July 2026
Ridership peaked on June 27 — when Algeria and Austria faced off in a dramatic 3-3 draw in Kansas City — with more than 48,000 passenger rides, setting the single-day record.
—
Dylan Lysen,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
At the World Cup draw in December, none of the African teams were placed in Pot One based on their FIFA rankings.
—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
The nation fell into a brutal draw in a group by Argentina and Nigeria, and Bosnia and Herzegovina failed to qualify for the elimination rounds.
—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
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Since Mary Grace’s death, her parents have poured their energy into persuading lawmakers to make camps safer by banning cabins in active flood plains, mandating 24-7 weather monitoring and requiring rigorous annual evacuation training.
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Marketing and communications professionals rely on language to inform, persuade and connect with audiences.
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There are songs for each segment, which include Goofy cleaning up, a dark turn with Daisy in a power outage and snowed-in Pluto.
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The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.
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Next, the instructor tries luring the child back into the pool with a sparkly pink rubber duck, which does the trick.
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If the Lakers had only presented an offer sheet to the Jazz to lure Kessler away instead of working on a trade, Utah would have had until July 7 to match the offer.
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That book is a revenge fantasy about the former art school professor who seduced her, discarded her and destroyed her confidence as a painter.
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The writer thinks that the person seducing the main character is just some flotsam, hardly worth a second look.
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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