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Recent Examples of draw in
Rain and thunderstorm chances are in the 70% range for Miami-Dade and Broward counties because of a system, like a disturbance, that will draw in extra moisture over the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas, said meteorologist Chuck Caracozza of the National Weather Service in Miami.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
The Kentucky Country Ham Breakfast started in 1964 as a way for the agriculture industry to draw in business and promote itself.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Aug. 2025
The Orlando Pride earned their third draw in a row with a scoreless result at NWSL-leading Kansas City on Saturday.
—Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
The teams played to a 0-0 draw in front of a crowd that appeared to be at half capacity, with stronger numbers in the venue before the initial start time was pushed back.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2025
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
The Kentucky Country Ham Breakfast started in 1964 as a way for the agriculture industry to draw in business and promote itself.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Aug. 2025
The Orlando Pride earned their third draw in a row with a scoreless result at NWSL-leading Kansas City on Saturday.
—Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
The teams played to a 0-0 draw in front of a crowd that appeared to be at half capacity, with stronger numbers in the venue before the initial start time was pushed back.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
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But much like Howard Jarvis feared, the tax-and-spend interests have sought to destroy Proposition 13 ever since, most recently by persuading courts to carve loopholes in its constitutional protections and invent new ways for government agencies to raise revenue.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth Stage, whose Oakland hills home barely escaped the deadly 1991 firestorm, and whose work as president of the Oakland FireSafe Council involves persuading residents to adopt Zone 0 measures, said the study would be a helpful, persuasive tool.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Opening day at County Stadium was snowed out, after Milwaukee was hit with more than 13 inches of snow.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Immaculate snows that fall over a table go on falling anecdotally forever.—
Hua Xi,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Unlike his small-time Israeli rivals, the placards implied, Netanyahu was a savvy statesman who punched above his weight on the international stage, thanks to his unaccented English oratory and ability to inveigle the world’s most powerful people.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
22 May 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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This is because Curaçao has a rich legacy of live performance, with such local genres as ritmo kombina and tumba luring locals into small clubs packed with full-on mini orchestras.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Maybe even lure restaurants and other businesses nearby.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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The dramatic irony, of course, is that Julia did seduce Lovat and is now trying to take advantage of a precedent set by Davina with her own son, but Julia still ends up appealing to Davina’s better angels.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Either way, the intention is to transport, and to seduce, as with fine music.—
Douglas Unger
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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