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Recent Examples of draw in
April brought a wide variety of movies that drew in nostalgic audiences and moviegoers following positive buzz.
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Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
For many centuries, life remained the same in the small fishing village of Playa Azul, where tides draw in and out to dictate the routine of a small group of residents by the coast.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 June 2025
Pachuca has been drawn in Group H alongside Real Madrid, Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 8 June 2025
Before going on hiatus two weeks ago, Bay FC suffered a stinging, last-minute, 2-2 draw in Houston on May 24.
—Jon Becker, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
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Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
For many centuries, life remained the same in the small fishing village of Playa Azul, where tides draw in and out to dictate the routine of a small group of residents by the coast.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 June 2025
Pachuca has been drawn in Group H alongside Real Madrid, Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 8 June 2025
Before going on hiatus two weeks ago, Bay FC suffered a stinging, last-minute, 2-2 draw in Houston on May 24.
—Jon Becker, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
Verb
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Experiential marketing lets people persuade themselves.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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If Iran acts with restraint, Trump may be persuaded not to join what could become another forever war.—
Robert A. Pape,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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There was snow covering the ground and still snowing hard.—
Mike Rayder,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
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So her side was like snowing, and then my side was blue sky.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
27 May 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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In recent years, however, the migration of traditional TV viewers to streaming and broadband venues has undermined the economics of traditional cable outlets — even those networks devoted to sports, a format which remains able to lure large simultaneous viewership.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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Then, because of a wage and salary cap used to control inflation during World War II, more employers offered health insurance to lure workers.—
Renuka Rayasam,
NPR,
27 June 2025
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She was also found guilty of disorderly conduct for supposedly trying to seduce an undercover policewoman named Margaret Leonard, who’d been assigned to entrap her.—
Kellie B. Gormly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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The first classic of the summer noir genre is no doubt René Clément’s adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel The Talented Mr. Ripley about a young American upstart who travels to Italy and murders a wealthy socialite before stealing his identity and seducing his wife.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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