draft
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On came Simpson, the 13th pick in the NFL draft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
It has already implemented other water conservation measures, such as lowering the maximum draft -- the vessel's depth in the water -- for the largest ships.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
But there are serious concerns around the use of such tools to draft care assessments, where social workers record a person's needs and decide what council-funded support they are entitled to.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sanders had originally been brought in as cover for Watson following a precipitous fall in the draft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The older boys, the ones susceptible to the factory draft, we sent out only after dark now, and then most often dressed as girls.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
In response to questions from ProPublica, Winn said “I can’t really comment on internal drafts of correspondence.”
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
He has been repeatedly linked with a move away from Craven Cottage in this transfer window and so there is a reluctance to include him in gameweek one drafts.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The book comments on the manipulations Grossman’s pieces were subjected to and discusses how efforts to find earlier drafts of the publications in Russian archives have been unsuccessful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
She then handed the drafts to her secretary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In spite of the years of note taking and longhand drafts, his writing had never gone to hell the way mine had.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
And while the team’s long-term answer under center may prove to be someone they haven’t even drafted yet, it’s up to Monken to figure out who to play in the meantime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Kushner drafted a statement condemning the Capitol violence that the White House never issued.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Johnson was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022 and helped them win the Super Bowl in 2023 and 2024, before joining Tennessee in July.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Two days later, the 76ers will play their home opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team that drafted James in 2003, in game that will be broadcast on ESPN.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The boys were early trained to copy—though not to read; he had to teach himself that part—and those with any skill were drafted into scribing.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Though Miller has a background in professional drafting, he first checks free digital design repositories for premade templates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
In June, as I was drafting this essay, we experienced another pregnancy loss, this time a rare and dangerous type of ectopic pregnancy.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
“And so we want to make sure that the productive conversations we’ve had the last couple of weeks on that section specifically are reflected in the drafting of the bill.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The audio was recorded during the drafting of the 2017 memoir that Biden penned with co-writer Mark Zwonitzer.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
This was a good mind place for her to start drafting her college admission essay.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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