drafted

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When the Yom Kippur War began in 1973, my father was drafted into the reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Exam papers are drafted and re-drafted for about 12 months before pupils sit down with the final paper.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Njoku, 29, played nine seasons in Cleveland after being drafted by the team in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

On the night the Rams drafted Simpson, general manager Les Snead and coach Sean McVay were uncharacteristically subdued during a news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

This took concrete form on April 28, when Dulles drafted a letter to Khrushchev proposing a “technical conference” in Geneva on test ban inspections.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik