draw in
Britishverb
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(of hours of daylight) to become shorter
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(of a train) to arrive at a station
Example Sentences
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For football fans around the world, some of the prices on FIFA's resale site are confirmation of what they have railed against since the tournament draw in December.
From Barron's
"We are going to help you," Rowan had told them as he moved from one to the other, stroking and patting, drawing in the familiar, warm animal smell of them.
From Literature
"If you take it over a five-game period, to just have one draw in there is a big positive."
From BBC
Mapping out those gold boom phases in a new note to clients, he says the move first began in 2022 when the U.S. froze Russia’s dollar holdings, drawing in sophisticated gold investors.
From MarketWatch
While it drew in 6.1 million concurrent viewers, that number paled in comparison to the 135 million viewers who tuned in to Bad Bunny’s halftime show, according to initial reports from NBC and CBS News.
From Los Angeles Times
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