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As dusk draws in, the convoy pulls into a compound, articulated lorries lined up.
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
As one of the biggest draws in tennis, Nadal has longstanding deals with a number of brands.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
The conflict drew in the U.S., Syria and Israel, which occupied parts of Lebanon for almost 18 years.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Over the span of a week, Moo Deng drew in millions of online admirers.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
As one of the biggest draws in tennis, Nadal has longstanding deals with a number of brands.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
The conflict drew in the U.S., Syria and Israel, which occupied parts of Lebanon for almost 18 years.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Over the span of a week, Moo Deng drew in millions of online admirers.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
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In this capacity, the Chinese leadership can—and must—lead a collective effort to persuade Russia to secure its vulnerable warheads, drawing on its own expanding bilateral relationship with Moscow.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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This could persuade voters who support fair districts to vote against the amendment; there have already been anecdotal reports of voters intending to vote for Issue 1 but getting confused by the ballot language in the voting booth and voting against it instead.Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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That is, the snowdrifts are up to my waist, and it’s been snowing all weekend.Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Throughout our April voyage, heavenly cherry blossoms bloomed and snowed pale-pink petals upon us.Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 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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Will Trump lure young men to the polls in greater numbers than in the past?Joe Walsh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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This canned cocktail lured me in with promises of gin, cucumber, lemon and seltzer.Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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The pair find themselves in trouble after a hazing incident goes wrong, and attempt to lie, deceive and seduce their way out of bother.Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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When a brutal hazing incident threatens to shut down all fraternity and sorority operations on campus, these cousins hatch a plan for Lucien to seduce Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith), the daughter of the Vice President of the United States who's a student at the university.Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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