draft
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Earlier this month, Pangram flagged a small passage from a draft I had submitted to an editor at one of the other publications where I freelance.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
When the two of us received the first draft of our 10-day, three-country itinerary, the total price was eye-popping: $9,764, or $4,882 each.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
That challenging struggle to write a first draft is how you discover who you are as an artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
CJP expert Michael Wehner sent a nonpublic draft of his attribution module to Roger Worthington, who represents an Oregon county in a $51 billion climate suit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A cool draft of air dries the sweat on my arms.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
In response to questions from ProPublica, Winn said “I can’t really comment on internal drafts of correspondence.”
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Drainages are natural low-lying areas of land that can gather hot air and smoke and then generate intense drafts that drive a fire uphill with dangerous speeds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
What’s so bad about a business or an executive using generative AI to polish up their LinkedIn drafts?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"We are co-ordinating very closely with the Omanis to facilitate the talks between both sides, exchanging ideas, drafts between both sides," Ansari told reporters.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Leaks and drafts aren’t priorities, I’m afraid,” Rhonda said.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Kushner drafted a statement condemning the Capitol violence that the White House never issued.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Báez had dreamed of days like Saturday ever since the Cardinals drafted him in the second round and paid him $2.25 million to forgo his commitment to Vanderbilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Johnson was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022 and helped them win the Super Bowl in 2023 and 2024, before joining Tennessee in July.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He’s in the visiting clubhouse at Petco Park preparing to face the San Diego Padres, the team that drafted him in the seventh round in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Doc Daneeka had been drafted and shipped to Pianosa as a flight surgeon, even though he was terrified of flying.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
In June, as I was drafting this essay, we experienced another pregnancy loss, this time a rare and dangerous type of ectopic pregnancy.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
“And so we want to make sure that the productive conversations we’ve had the last couple of weeks on that section specifically are reflected in the drafting of the bill.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The audio was recorded during the drafting of the 2017 memoir that Biden penned with co-writer Mark Zwonitzer.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Private-practice attorney Nick Owens and Austin Baurichter, a practicing lawyer and Karley’s husband, began drafting the ConserveOhio petition in March to fight back against local plans to build large-scale data centers across the region.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Uncle Clark, who was a contracting carpenter, was at his drawing table, drafting models of houses.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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