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The tournament is set to draw up to 75,000 spectators to the links course, set among towering dunes on a rugged stretch of County Clare coastline.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
A judge found the leases illegal, and the VA reached a settlement committing to draw up a master plan for 1,200 units for homeless veterans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Investigation into the fire’s cause, origin and reasons for its spread remains ongoing, and it is premature for anyone to draw conclusions,” the spokesperson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Brentford will play on the counter-attack here and Bournemouth will have a go at them, so this smells like a draw to me.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Danny was worried that a five-foot-tall jackalope might draw some attention.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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What started as a small summer-solstice gathering on San Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986 now draws typically 70,000 festival-goers, although that number varies each year.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Tottenham's problem in 2016-17 was too many draws at the start of the campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The remote spot, she said, draws naturally curious people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Martin McDonagh, the writer-director behind “In Bruges,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” draws something new out of him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
He reaches out with his pointer finger and draws a glowing white bird onto my shoulder.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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New research suggests that résumés written by humans drew more interview requests and positive responses from potential employers than those that were completely written by large language models.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
In the traditional telling, it’s the story of an unexpected and unprovoked attack that drew America into the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
At the same time, the study included a large number of participants and drew on detailed health, diet, and lifestyle information collected over many years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
In October 2025, the official White House X account drew criticism for posting an AI-generated picture of President Trump, external in a suit from the video game Halo.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Then a bookstore person drew his attention away, taking him out of my line of sight.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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“I had no idea what I wanted to become. I was just more drawn to the things I could do,” Sharma said in her Midwestern accent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows said the executive was discussing "significant" sums of money, but also refused to be drawn on an exact figure.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Not that a drawn out, stunt-heavy chase sequence on a mountainous highway doesn’t get the blood rushing again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“If Burning Man were somewhere else geographically, like in a forest, I’d potentially be more drawn to it.”
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Come back later for the bands. Raffle ticket will be drawn then. Need not be present to win!”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Councils in affected areas have been drawing up proposals and consulting with residents since the reorganisation was announced in late 2024, in a process that is already thought to have cost millions of pounds.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
No projects had yet emerged, drawing ire from U.S. officials, including Trump, who in January threatened to raise levies on South Korea again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Rather than simply drawing a line inland, their algorithms identify the fastest walking routes to refuge sites beyond "waves' reach," which local authorities have validated.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Coastal Southern California enjoys its relatively mild summer climate thanks to several factors, including a cool ocean’s air-conditioning effect, protective mountains, proximity to deserts, and a weather pattern that usually avoids drawing in tropical moisture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Preacher Parr had sat in his high-back chair at the front, stroking his cheek and drawing inspiration from Imogene’s music.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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