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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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After receiving news that Ruben has lost his appeal and seems resigned to his fate, Anna naturally springs into action in a last-ditch effort to persuade the governor of his innocence.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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For a service built on impulse viewing, telco deals buy instant reach and built-in billing in price-sensitive markets where persuading users to sign up directly can be hard.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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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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Businesses set up signs, posters and international flags to lure locals and tourists alike, while the Miracle Theater hosted a watch party for the match between France and Senegal.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Fallout The crisis has exposed divisions within González’s own party as her administration works to lure new investors to the island and remedy chronic power outages.—
Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
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One class in, and Hannah is thoroughly seduced both by Melanie’s flattery and by her therapyspeak approach to acting, with its talk of truth-telling and connecting to one’s body.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 June 2026
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Young women being preyed upon and seduced by rapacious Hollywood producers, stars and studio heads is a tired cliché, but like all clichés, it is based on reality.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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