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Most of the examples he cited—which also included judicial opinions drafted by clerks and CEO shareholder letters written by the communications department—didn’t involve appropriation of others’ words, only purchasing the service of producing them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
After finishing at the University of Minnesota in 1973, I was drafted by four teams in three different sports—baseball’s San Diego Padres, basketball’s Atlanta Hawks and Utah Stars, and football’s Minnesota Vikings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
With hundreds of thousands of men drafted to fight, labour shortages are also hitting the sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
But the Chargers knew from the day they drafted him that he was fully capable of playing center if needed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
On August 11, he drafted a memo to John Ehrlichman recommending: “A covert operation be undertaken to examine all the medical files still held by Ellsberg’s psychoanalyst.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
