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Recent Examples of drafteeThe Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year.—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025 Two other recent draftees have also been assigned to Salem.—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 But quarterback development in the NFL is hardly linear, especially for draftees who are tossed into the fire.—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025 The others are rookie draftees, with Grant being the first-round pick, Phillips a fifth-rounder and Biggers a seventh-rounder.—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025 That doesn’t even account for the likes of Andrew Nembhard, Isaiah Jackson, Bennedict Mathurin, Jarace Walker and other Pacers draftees that have grown under the team’s current coaching staff.—Tony East, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The callow striver Redmond Barry is played by 1970s heartthrob Ryan O’Neal, in one of his best performances, a reluctant conscript in the British army after leaving his Irish home in disgrace.
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Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
This will require compromise among leaders who prioritize raising compensation for career soldiers and extending the service of conscripts and those who favor fielding new military capabilities.
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