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Recent Examples of draw in
With a little patience, this herb will reward you with a few weeks of colorful flowers that draw in bees and butterflies.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
Certain colors draw in fruit flies more than others.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
Assistant coach Dean Gorre stepped in to oversee a scoreless draw in Jamaica to clinch qualification, and Advocaat has since returned to guide the team in the tournament.
—Dennis Pope, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Those teams have been split into 12 groups of four teams, decided by the World Cup draw in December.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
Certain colors draw in fruit flies more than others.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
Assistant coach Dean Gorre stepped in to oversee a scoreless draw in Jamaica to clinch qualification, and Advocaat has since returned to guide the team in the tournament.
—Dennis Pope, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Those teams have been split into 12 groups of four teams, decided by the World Cup draw in December.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
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Extravagance and the consequent money troubles force him to rent his estate to an admiral, which brings his family into the society of naval men—including Captain Wentworth, a suitor who Anne was persuaded by her relations to reject eight years ago.—
Chris Cohen,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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The launch of USDCx comes amid a broader push from the crypto industry to persuade big banks and institutions to use blockchain technology.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
9 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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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.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Darby’s murder is one of the only cases this year that police have no leads on at all.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
10 Dec. 2025
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OpenAI has not had a stable or even convincing lead on major AI benchmarks for many months.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
9 Dec. 2025
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Coastal Carolina has hired Ryan Beard as its new head football coach, luring away the man who guided Missouri State to a bowl game in its first season in FBS, the school announced Thursday.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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An increasing number of private high schools are beginning to follow the same path with football as many did with basketball, luring talented athletes with scholarship assistance in an effort to win games.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Dec. 2025
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The House of the Dragon alum stars in The Girlfriend (under the direction of costar Robin Wright) as a scheming social climber who aims to seduce a naive trust fund heir, against his mother's wishes.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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Both Oregon’s Dante Moore and Alabama’s Ty Simpson still require seasoning, but could easily be seduced by the siren song of potentially being a top-5 pick in April.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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