draft
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The Commission, the EU's digital watchdog, refused to comment on details of the draft seen by AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Clippers released two statements that same day, protesting the finding and the stiffest sanctions in NBA history, including a $30-million fine and the loss of five future first-round draft picks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
One of those picks turned out to be No. 1 choice in the 2024 draft, which the Bears used on Williams, a passer who fancied himself a future NFL star since he was a teenager.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Murray's first pass with the Vikings was intercepted, and the former first overall draft pick then suffered a concussion before being replaced by veteran Carson Wentz.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
While FBI agents raced to the home of Herbie Haupt's uncle, Herbie had already gone to the draft board and registered, and was in a taxi on his way to the FBI office in Chicago.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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
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
It’s the government itself that controls when it releases drafts and final versions of all these rules and regulations.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Harvey II is offering personal memory, meaning it will remember, for example, a lawyer’s preferences for writing drafts, making and tracking changes to texts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
I'd have drafts of everything finished by the end of the week, and it was only mid-September.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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Authorities activated a mass-casualty response plan, with 130 firefighters, five medical teams and 80 vehicles drafted in.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Not long after, after townsfolk thwarted an attempted kidnapping of a local grower, hundreds of people gathered in the sun-bleached central plaza and drafted a communique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The home secretary announced this week that Cleveland Police would be given an extra £2m to deal with the fallout from the crash, with 200 officers drafted in from elsewhere.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The assessment was documented in the Aug. 14 edition of the Secretary of Defense Orders Book, drafted by the heads of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, according to people familiar with it.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
But Neubauer was drafted into the army and sent to battle against Russia.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Kids who didn’t use AI for drafting text scored 28 points higher on average than those who used it almost every day—equivalent of 1½ school years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The operation also ghost-wrote official testimonies intended for delivery at the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, drafting them under "specific restrictions" that the speeches not mention the UAE.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some assembly members have now accused the minister of making a "U-turn", with "substantial sums of public money" spent on drafting legislation "to fix his error of judgement".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Heyward’s selection wasn’t a surprise — “We know the Braves have a history of drafting young players from the area,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Vincent and Van Rappard talk about art, and Vincent asks Van Rappard to teach him more about drafting.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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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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