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Drew

1 American  
[droo] / dru /

noun

  1. Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.

  2. Daniel, 1797–1879, U.S. financier and capitalist.

  3. John, 1827–62, U.S. actor, born in Ireland.

  4. his son, John, 1853–1927, U.S. actor.

  5. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “trusty.”


drew 2 American  
[droo] / dru /

verb

  1. simple past tense of draw.


drew British  
/ druː /

verb

  1. the past tense of draw

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That volume, along with Mitrokhin’s subsequent books, drew upon the detailed notes about KGB operations he had carried to the West.

From The Wall Street Journal

The findings also drew attention from the journal Nature Communications.

From Science Daily

The prospect drew attention in October, when India and Russia signed an initial agreement in Moscow to manufacture the SJ-100 passenger plane in India, raising hopes for domestic aircraft production.

From BBC

Stokes and Labuschagne exchanged words before the England captain drew him into an edge to gully for 48.

From BBC

When manager Arne Slot and Liverpool look back at this season, a crazy January afternoon when they drew 2-2 at Fulham will go a long way to summing up their misfortunes.

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