drafted
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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
And because James has been a Charger since they drafted him 17th overall in 2018, odds are that unless you’re a Chargers fan, you probably haven’t paid enough attention to him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The low storage levels reflect a sharp deviation from Europe’s energy security strategy, which was drafted four years ago when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine slashed Europe’s fuel supplies and sparked an energy crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I found someone,” she said to one of them, a physical therapist named Julio who had been drafted into meal delivery now that all physical-therapy sessions had been suspended.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
