as in to rope (in)
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Recent Examples of draw in
Through a program designed to reward good behavior, Rader was granted permission to watch television, listen to the radio, read and draw in his prison cell.
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Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Ratings are up, even though Clark, who is the sport’s biggest draw in terms of viewership, only played in thirteen games all year.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
But close games in big windows have been the prevailing pattern thus far, as evidenced by the NFL’s second-strongest draw in 2025.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The celebrations had barely faded when attention turned to the Champions League draw in late August, when Kairat earned a date with some of Europe’s biggest clubs among their eight opponents, including competition record winner Real Madrid.
—Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Ratings are up, even though Clark, who is the sport’s biggest draw in terms of viewership, only played in thirteen games all year.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
But close games in big windows have been the prevailing pattern thus far, as evidenced by the NFL’s second-strongest draw in 2025.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The celebrations had barely faded when attention turned to the Champions League draw in late August, when Kairat earned a date with some of Europe’s biggest clubs among their eight opponents, including competition record winner Real Madrid.
—Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
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Vulnerable, the hefty game bonus would persuade me to issue an invitation.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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Witkoff, who has labored on Middle East diplomacy since January alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, persuaded Kushner to lend a hand.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Winter must be here early, because white fluffy insects are snowing down on Mississippi right now.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Newly evolved chalky plankton fed a steady conveyor belt of carbon gently snowing through oceans to the seafloor, where it was delivered to deep sea trenches, cooked and then released through the throats of volcanoes at the surface again as carbon dioxide.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 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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There are other projects in the works as well, but Academy is currently Paramount+’s best hope for the franchise’s future and for luring, well, the next generation.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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Decades before the internet, Gunness exploited men’s loneliness — luring them to her hog farm with the promise of romance and sending many to a shallow grave beneath the Indiana soil.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Countless service members were seduced by the region’s beauty and fair weather and chose to settle here.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Models walking his sultry runway seduced the audience in beautiful suiting, a dress with a plunging neckline that mirrored an equally high slit.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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