draft
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A fourth-round draft pick in 2018 out of Crowder College—the same school as staff ace Jacob Misiorowski—Ashby rose through the minors as a starter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
A draft of that review, which was completed in 2024 but not finalized, gave top marks to the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
“I might have them read a draft of a long email I wrote or ask them after a meeting if I kept things simple and clear.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
They added a new draft human remains policy proposed that they were only displayed "where there is documented and informed consent from the deceased individual or, in appropriate circumstances, their descendants".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
On the way he gets sidetracked into Canada and becomes involved with a bunch of draft dodgers; at the end he goes back to his wife and they renew their vows in a hippie ceremony.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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It said it gathered all the working versions of the novel and hired an outside party to analyze the various drafts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The bill has been through several drafts and has been scrutinised by several Parliamentary committees and the House of Lords, which submitted 1,200 amendments.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Each morning, I’d open my drafts folder to find responses waiting for my review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Go do this 10-minute play workshop, then do 90 drafts of it, and then we’ll do a reading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The ANC branches contributed a great deal to the process of writing the charter and in fact the two best drafts came from Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Panicked, one scammer drafted a formal letter, denying any knowledge of illegal activity and pledging to help the investigator any way he could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Military planes and helicopters will be drafted in to tackle wildfires, Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to tell the UK's first summit on the issue.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
His dad was drafted by the Clippers and his uncle played for the Miami Heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Along with a few like-minded friends, he collected more than 300 student signatures in support, drafted a constitution, and presented it to the student government and a board of teachers and faculty.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
The previous evening he had drafted a personal statement, which he enclosed with his last will and testament, declaring that he had sincerely hoped to avoid the interview.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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After all, yet another risk of AI improving so rapidly is that anyone drafting regulations ends up writing rules for a world that no longer exists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Many would-be landlords cringe at the legal costs of buying a property and drafting a lease.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
In the essay Robinson said his credentials include overseeing the writing of safety reports on 12 advanced model product launches and leading the drafting of OpenAI's Preparedness Framework.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Overseeing such a diverse mix is obviously too big a job for one person so Ellison added yet another flavor by drafting Ynon Kreiz as co-chief executive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Although he briefly owned one slave, Duke was not known as a supporter of slavery, but in late 1863, when Duke was in his forties, the Confederacy began drafting men his age.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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