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Recent Examples of draw in
The plant draws in saltwater from Sequim Bay and sends it through an electrodialysis machine.
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2024
Rather than chase the immediate payday of a stadium game, the NHL should start thinking about the long game — about drawing in and hooking new viewers to this incredible, talent-laden golden age of the sport, about creating entry points for new fans, about investing now for future dividends.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Ghost — Little Caesars Arena, July 24 This cryptic, theatrical Swedish band has steadily and stealthily become one of the top draws in the world of live hard rock and metal.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
Unfortunately, the holidays are already a busy time for the park, and this eruption is only drawing in more visitors.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2024
Rather than chase the immediate payday of a stadium game, the NHL should start thinking about the long game — about drawing in and hooking new viewers to this incredible, talent-laden golden age of the sport, about creating entry points for new fans, about investing now for future dividends.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Ghost — Little Caesars Arena, July 24 This cryptic, theatrical Swedish band has steadily and stealthily become one of the top draws in the world of live hard rock and metal.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
Unfortunately, the holidays are already a busy time for the park, and this eruption is only drawing in more visitors.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
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Tibetan Buddhism persuaded with sheer pictorial beauty.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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The woman was able to persuade him to stop his assault, according to the district attorney’s office.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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The weather service's White Lake office said the region will see rain and snow this New Year's Eve.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
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Cooler air aloft will gradually change most precipitation to snow this afternoon.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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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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Norman Mailer tried to inveigle his dinner guests into an orgy, and not long after wrote a cruel letter to Styron, breaking off their friendship.Marion Winik, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
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Geyser, along with her co-defendant Anissa Weier, lured Leutner into the woods during a sleepover in 2014 to play hide-and-seek.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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The badgers are no longer gassed, they are mostly now lured into fields at night and shot by specialist teams of exterminators.Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Film The Eternal Becoming of Sofia Coppola Soraya Roberts Like so many of her heroines, the director seduces to control.hazlitt.net, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Football had already seduced the teenager when the father of a friend, who was the quarterback for the Everett High School team in Massachusetts where Sainristil starred, pulled some union ties for the cemetery job.Ben Standig, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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