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Recent Examples of draw in
Superheroes are no longer a safe bet at the box office, but video game adaptations such as Sonic, Super Mario and Minecraft are drawing in huge crowds.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Praising his opponents, who managed to force a draw in 32 moves, Carlsen told the website that The World team had been unrelenting in their gameplay.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 20 May 2025
After all, the 23-year-old Fever point guard and 23-year-old Sky forward have drawn in record-breaking crowds since their college days, starting with some viral trash talk during the NCAA championship game between Reese’s LSU Tigers and Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 May 2025
After Michael finds Nathan outside a busy office building, a confrontation ensues, drawing in a good Samaritan, Simon, who diffuses the tension and offers to buy Michael lunch.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 May 2025
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Praising his opponents, who managed to force a draw in 32 moves, Carlsen told the website that The World team had been unrelenting in their gameplay.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 20 May 2025
After all, the 23-year-old Fever point guard and 23-year-old Sky forward have drawn in record-breaking crowds since their college days, starting with some viral trash talk during the NCAA championship game between Reese’s LSU Tigers and Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 May 2025
After Michael finds Nathan outside a busy office building, a confrontation ensues, drawing in a good Samaritan, Simon, who diffuses the tension and offers to buy Michael lunch.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
Verb
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For fifteen years, the Patriotic Millionaires have waged an earnest battle to persuade wealthy people to lobby for higher taxes on themselves.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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But nothing Akasha’s old friend said could persuade Akasha to relinquish his empire.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
Verb
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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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She was snowed into her village and couldn't reach a hospital.—
Khwaga Ghani,
NPR,
31 Mar. 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
Verb
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The company recently ended its incentive program, known as customer commitment packages, to lure and maintain customers on the heels of the incident.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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The result is that homes are sitting idle on the market, forcing sellers to offer price cuts to lure in buyers.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Going even further, its materiality, terra-cotta, and its iconography, the corazón, seduce us to discover an even more seductive identity, a cultural and historical foundation, mexicanidad.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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But prosecutors warned observers not to be seduced by soft appearances.—
Thomas Adamson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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