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  • present participle of draw.
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drawing

[draw-ing] / ˈdrɔ ɪŋ /


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Tebas later said he was drawing comparison with "those propaganda techniques" and "not with an ideology".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“It’s something that I’m going to kind of go back to the drawing board in terms of treatment, training program. and see what I can come up with for next season.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The streamer is changing up its leadership team—but that’s only drawing more attention to its biggest problem.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Those appeals did not appear to slow what Reddit discussion boards described as an "online hunt" for the seven accused, drawing many users down internet rabbit holes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

He jumped when the gruff voice said, "Perhaps you did not understand me, Mr. Thatcher. We are drawing still lifes today. In particular, that still life."

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

Yet Hopper’s drawings would probably have surprised whoever saw them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

During the early planning stages, pupils helped shape the vision of the memorial by sharing drawings and ideas.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Others—depicting grinning clowns, crying women and morphing objects and creatures, including human figures potted like plants—recall children’s drawings and John Tenniel’s illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Displayed alongside several of Ishioka’s original design drawings, the armor offers a fascinating look at how her ideas evolved from pencil on paper into something almost anatomical.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

It was all drawings, like I figured, mostly of people.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff


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