drafting

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A slight, late-morning pullback happened just before media outlets reported on an Islamic Republic News Agency headline that said Iran and Oman were drafting a protocol to monitor traffic through the strait.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Several years later, Illinois Sen. Lyman Trumbull, who played an active role in the citizenship clause’s passage, cited Lynch while recounting the drafting of the clause.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

“We have been hearing from hundreds of stakeholders, academics, members of the public, other interested parties — and to be able to begin drafting charter language for the City Council to consider is pretty momentous.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

As it returns to the screen, younger viewers may glimpse another era - flared trousers, drafting tables, cigarette smoke curling under fluorescent lights.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

He called it a “cruel war against human nature,” though the drafting committee removed those words from his version of the Declaration of Independence.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis