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  • present participle of draw.
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drawing

[draw-ing] / ˈdrɔ ɪŋ /


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He was all but invisible until, frustrated, he felled Spanish keeper Unai Simón with a cheap shot in the final minutes, drawing a well-deserved yellow card.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

There, fierce winds blow almost continuously around Antarctica, drawing deeper water up from below.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The AI boom is drawing young, disillusioned men and women to join the fight against it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Humoring the governor, Musk told Abbott he’d try to get a Texas flag emoji on his social media platform, X, drawing a round of applause from the governor over the air.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

“Whoa, is that the bird you were drawing on the bus?”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

A culmination, it incorporates the sinuous lines of the brush drawings with the color blocks of the cut-outs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

The developers will next prepare construction drawings and take other steps in anticipation of breaking ground in about two years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

He went several times to a show of portraits by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres at London’s National Gallery in 1999 and was greatly taken with the photographic’ quality of Ingres’ 19th century drawings.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Steven Spielberg offers another alien tale with ‘Disclosure Day,’ Olivia Rodrigo embraces downcast love songs on her new record, an exhibition in Chicago focuses on Willem de Kooning’s drawings, and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Slipping the instructions under a pile of his drawings, Jeremy headed out of his room and down the stairs.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville




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