drawing up

Example Sentences

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But the U.S. military was drawing up additional options following the president’s directive to continue keeping the strait open, she said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Italy itself was drawing up an Arctic strategy, she said, with objectives including preserving peace and security, helping Italian companies invest, and promoting research, especially related to climate change.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

But by late summer, senior officials began drawing up options to remove Maduro from power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

“This system will be drawing up copious amounts of subtropical moisture from the south,” Bryan Allegretto wrote in the weather blog Palisades Tahoe.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

He imagined the Romans drawing up battle lines right now, encircling Camp Half-Blood.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan